Downloaded applications do not open

Now twice, after downloading the latest versions of both Firefox and Google Earth, I'll have installed the applications only to find them not opening. The icon will bounce once or twice on the dock and then disappear. Really have no idea what the problem could be. Any help is much appreciated.

winwin07,
Reread my above post if you missed my edit to it.
I always thought that if the OS couldn't support a particular application it wouldn't even attempt to download and/or open.
As far as I know, most applications will download but will not launch if they are not the correct versions. The bounce you see in the dock is the application trying to launch but it does not have the correct software to do so with your system configuration/OS.
littleshoulders
edit: Here are the System Requirements for Firefox 3 Beta (unfortunately, you do not meet these requirements either):
Mac
Operating Systems
* Mac OS X 10.4 and later
Minimum Hardware
* Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
* 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
* 200 MB hard drive space
Message was edited by: littleshoulders

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