Kathy Wheeler wrote: > On 09/03/2008, at 6:40 AM, Karl Hardisty wrote: >> A comparison of usage before and >> after is generally a good idea. If a site design changes, and >> suddenly a certain type of browser/platform combination drops off >> markedly, there's probably a good reason. > > However it may also pay to check overall traffic trends - if traffic > does not drop off, then perhaps those recalcitrant old browser users > may have finally decided to upgrade? On the other hand, if you pick > up more traffic than you lose ... > > It's "nice" to say you support ie5.5, netscape 4 or whatever, but > with the security vulnerabilities inherent in the older unsupported > browsers is it really a good idea to encourage users not to upgrade? > Are you really doing them a favor?
And what browser would my dear old retired parents (still using a 128MB Windows98 PC) use? BTW, Windows98 has paradoxically become more secure - a lot of Windows worms and viruses can no longer run on it. ;-) -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
