That's according to research firm Chitika, which says that Mozilla's quick response--the software was patched and re-released less than 24 hours later as --minimized any potential negative impact.

"It seems that Mozilla caught the issue before a large portion of their users had updated to the new version, limiting the number of individuals who were operating with security vulnerabilities," explains a Friday Chitika Insights . "Soon after the repair and re-release, adoption rates appeared generally unaffected, with three days of sharp increases in traffic share."

As of October 16, Firefox 16 already made up nearly one-third of all traffic, leading the company to conclude that "Firefox 16 is on track to be just as successful as in terms of adoption rate."

Meanwhile, Mozilla has gone on to uncover new features in upcoming versions. Two of those features are particularly worth noting.