2011/1/6 Shamit Verma <[email protected]>: > This percentage is based on number of http requests and unique users making > those requests. On every http request, client sends a header to server to > identify itself. This header indludes info on OS, Browser versions etc.
Thanks. > Statcounter, NetApplications and others take this data from Layer1 routers > and poulblish aggregate data. Opera made its claim on these numbers. Now, what is a "Layer1 router"? Opera's claim is from analytics of its Opera Turbo system - which is an Opera-owned proxy that sits between Opera Mini and the actual website and takes up a bunch of processing (including running javascript). > Opera, when it is running on Samsung or Nokia or iOS identifies itself as > Opera. So if you are using Nokia 6303: > > 1. If you use Nokia's built in browser, Header will report that as Nokia > browser running on Symbian > 2. If you use Opera Mini, Header will report that Opera running on > Symbian And what about case 3: Where a custom build of Opera Mini, based upon a private label deal between Opera and Nokia, is the built-in browser on the handset (as is the case in the Nokia 6303)? > To debunk Opera's claims, sum of Android + iOS is enough. Because that alone > is 36% which is MUCH higher than Opera's share of total http requests. Counting total HTTP requests obviously depends on whether Statscounter or whoever gets to see the request; Opera Mini in Turbo mode apparently doesn't allow them to do so. Binand -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
