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Perhaps the best estimate of this would be the Firefox upgrade page, which will show up to most Linux users regardless of where they got their Firefox. I would expect the Linux numbers wildly underestimate Firefox users on Linux. вЂњThis distribution should come close to mirroring the overall population of Firefox users and the population of internet users more generally.вЂќ

FIREFOX FOR MAC USERS INSTALL

So we canвЂ™t tell in the Mac case if people didnвЂ™t install or if they installed successfully but never launched Firefox. On the Mac, once the download is complete, one has to open it and drag and drop the Firefox icon into the application folder, but Firefox does not launch automatically. To install on Windows you need to open the set up wizard and go through the different steps, the last step has a checked box that says вЂњLaunch FirefoxвЂќ. The experience on Mac is different than on Windows. Would be interesting to see the linux numbers broken down by distro.

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They come to us, download the file, then when they get help installing Firefox theyвЂ™re shown how to do it from the package manager. With linux IвЂ™d wager that itвЂ™s new linux users who know they want Firefox but donвЂ™t know how to install apps on linux yet. Given this fact and considering AlixвЂ™s point below, itвЂ™s clear that Mac installations will be undercounted in this analysis, as Mac users have to manually launch Firefox for the first time in order to be counted as an install, while Windows users automatically hit the firstrun page. We count an installation as successful when a user visits the Firefox firstrun page. Update: First, we should explain how we measure whether or not a user installs Firefox.

WeвЂ™re not entirely sure whatвЂ™s going on with the Linux numbers.

While both groups are able to successfully receive the file at roughly similar rates, the experience of users diverges once they move from downloading to completing the installation.

There seems to be a substantial difference between Mac and Windows users.

Moving onto the punchline, below is the breakdown of these numbers by OS: (Note: while the percentages above highlight NovemberвЂ™s Funnelcake edition, they remained almost identical in January). YouвЂ™ll recall from our previous post that we asked, вЂњfor every 100 people who initiate the download process, where exactly do they end up just a few moments later?вЂќ, and the answer was visualized through the diagram below: Next, letвЂ™s see exactly what happened at the moment of clicking the download button. This distribution should come close to mirroring the overall population of Firefox users and the population of internet users more generally. ThereвЂ™s nothing too surprising to note here. To start, letвЂ™s look at the distribution of users who clicked the download button (on the homepage or main Firefox product page). In this post, weвЂ™ll focus on the first dimension, i.e., how does the experience of users differ based on operating system?

With the latest Funnelcake shipment (January 13th), we wanted to take these insights a bit further, and breakdown that question above in several dimensions вЂ“ by OS, by browser, and by geographical region. We recently dug into the userвЂ™s experience when downloading Firefox, answering questions such as, вЂњof people clicking the Firefox download button at, how many receive the full file and how many complete the installation process?вЂќ

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