When Firefox 0.9 was released in 2004 I had a quick look at the size of the downloads of Firefox and its ancestors. Two years on it's time to revisit the subject, and check whether the much dreaded bloat has arrived.
This chart comprises Phoenix, Firebird and Firefox, and where both an exe and a zip were offered the smaller of the two is used.
| 0.1 |  8.3 |
| 0.2 | 7.4 |
| 0.3 | 7.0 |
| 0.4 | 7.1 |
| 0.5 | 6.1 |
| 0.6 | 6.7 |
| 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 0.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 1.0.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.5.0.4 | 5.0 |
| 2.0 | 5.6 |
In summary, there's no sign of the middle-aged beer belly yet.
Updated 25 Oct 2006: Added Firefox 2