The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox.

Mozilla's Download Day on 17 June, whose server-crippling success delayed its official start, sought to popularise the open-source Web browser. Mozilla, which oversees the Firefox project, projected at the time that it cleared 8 million, but the number is now official.

"As the arbiter and recorder of the world's amazing facts, Guinness World Records is pleased to add Mozilla's achievement to our archives," Gareth Deaves, Guinness' records manager, said in a statement.

While Download Day was a publicity stunt, Mozilla's community pulled together and ensured the end result was achieved. Mozilla has proven that people see more in the Firefox browser than just a bundle of bits to surf the Web; they like its technology, its open-source nature and other attributes.

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