How about a personalised Firefox 3 Download Day Certificate?

 

Hopefully, by now you’ve grabbed your copy of Firefox 3 and consequently played an active role in helping our favourite browser set a new Guinness World Record. Here’s an added perk for being such an avid follower of Firefox - a personalised Firefox 3 Download Day Certificate stating your role in helping Firefox achieve the world record. I got mine just now and here’s what it looks like…

Firefox 3 Download Day Certificate

Getting the certificate is as easy as filling up this form (with just your name) and grabbing the generated PDF File.

Incidentally, I managed to grab my copy of Firefox 3 only today morning - almost 12 hours after the official release. Last night it was literally impossible to access any of the Firefox download sites due to the initial download rush.

Installation went smoothly and all my earlier settings & bookmarks were preserved - though a couple of extensions failed to work (Fasterfox, FEBE and TabMixPlus). None that I will sorely miss, (for the time being) except  for FEBE.  On the good side, FF3 DOES take a shorter time to fire-up. How about you? How was your initial experience with FF3?


OpenDNS: A free DNS solution that leads to a supercharged but safer internet

 

Do you often encounter slow page-load times despite using a decent broadband connection? Does you browsing experience often come to a bitter halt with a message like “Looking for xxx.com” or “Waiting for xxx.com“? If you are facing similar problem, it might be indicative of a lousy DNS …

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What is www1 / www2 etc. ?

 

Regular surfers no doubt often come across sites which seem to defy the standard format for a web-address, i.e. www.some-site.com and take up forms like www1.some-site.com. It gets people wondering what actually is this www1 ! I’ve heard some really funny and odd explanations regarding this www1, www2 …

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