It all seems like one giant anti-climax. Firefox Download Day reminds me of the countless New Years Eve parties I have been to where one expects the best party on Earth, and it turns into some mediocre dinner party where everyone is waiting for midnight. So seems to be the hyped release of Firefox 3’s Download Day.

Download Day has been hyped on just about every single tech blog out there this past week, and today it has been mentioned just as much, but today errors and server crashes that have prevented users from downloading.

One user writes on the Spread Firefox website that they are having problems installing the browser, needing three tries to get it running. The solution: they stopped trying to import files into the new browser.

Could Firefox be an over-hyped browser? As cute as it is, they are even offering certificates saying you were part of the big day. I think a lot of it could have to do with the server problems that Firefox has had to endure today. According to just about every new outlet out there, the servers crashed often and throughout the day. It seems to have been tough to get Firefox 3 without having a lot of hurdles.

If you are preparing to break a world record, would you not have a lot of servers and various links to get this thing running with ease? Maybe so, but it seems even Firefox was overwhelmed. According to the website Firefox achieved it record mark after just 5 hours, and is going strong at rate of 9000 downloads per minute.

Despite the hurdles of getting to download Firefox 3, Mozilla has had over 500 entries in Google News today and has made the news of major newspaper’s such as the New York Times and the UK’s BBC online editions.

Everyone seems to be on board for the celebration. Even Microsoft sent Mozilla a cake! Too bad they were busing planning that cute little PR stunt when instead they should be trying to make their browser better.