Here are some stats from a very large site, that appeals to a the general population for this month so far. Took forever to genereate this report in LiveStats... The numbers should speak for themselves. These are Livestat session numbers, not hits or page views. Analysis for the Month of Feb, 2002.
Total sessions served during period : 801025 Most active browsers by type and version: MSIE 5.x with 296141 sessions (37.11% of all sessions) Netscape 4.x with 290926 sessions (36.45% of all sessions) AOL 4.x with 98844 sessions (12.39% of all sessions) Netscape 3.x with 35885 sessions (4.50% of all sessions) AOL 5.x with 20564 sessions (2.58% of all sessions) Netscape 5.x with 16109 sessions (2.02% of all sessions) Unknown with 11594 sessions (1.45% of all sessions) MSProxy 2.x with 9699 sessions (1.22% of all sessions) Opera 3.x with 8388 sessions (1.05% of all sessions) MSIE 4.x with 7699 sessions (0.96% of all sessions) WebTV 2.x with 1321 sessions (0.17% of all sessions) Netscape 2.x with 326 sessions (0.04% of all sessions) WebTV 1.x with 242 sessions (0.03% of all sessions) AOL 3.x with 145 sessions (0.02% of all sessions) MSIE 3.x with 142 sessions (0.02% of all sessions) Lotus-Notes with 18 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) MSIE 2.x with 13 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) Netscape 1.x with 12 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) MSProxy 1.x with 8 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) Opera 4.x with 3 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) MSIE 1.x with 1 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) View Browsers by Agent Type Report Most browsers by brand preference: MSIE with 537034 sessions (67.21% of all sessions) AOL with 119672 sessions (14.98% of all sessions) Netscape with 111146 sessions (13.91% of all sessions) Other with 11524 sessions (1.44% of all sessions) MSProxy with 9716 sessions (1.22% of all sessions) Opera with 8410 sessions (1.05% of all sessions) WebTV with 1563 sessions (0.20% of all sessions) Lotus-Notes with 18 sessions (0.00% of all sessions) Notice Netscape 6 (listed as 5) is more popular than WebTV, Opera, or IE4... jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:42 PM Subject: SOT: Is the Netscape browser still a consideration? > For the longest time, I've coded my sites to take into account Netscape > users but with the ever-dwindling numbers of Navigator afficianados and IE's > continued growth, I've been wondering if I should even bother worrying about > whether my sites work with Netscape. > > Since this has been one of my best resources for info and some of the most > talented and savvy people that I've met post to CF-Talk, I was hoping that I > could get some good feedback. > > So, if we consider that the apps that I'm developing will be geared towards > the Internet consumer at large and I won't have the luxury of developing for > a controlled environment like a corporate intranet, I beg the question: > > Should I continue to worry about Netscape? If so, which version should serve > as a baseline? > > Looking forward to your responses. > > C-ya, > > Rey... > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
