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Thanks for your replies.
What you say makes good sense Seb, but it would be
nice to know how many people are using certain browsers so when clients ask me
what to build for I can justify building for IE5 Mac. I don't know whether to
throw in a towel yet or not with it. Yes people can tell me no-one uses it,
it doesn't get supported etc; but I would like to see actual statistics rather
than opinions.
Cheers
Paul
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:17
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Subject: Re: [WSG] Browser stats
Fair point, but I'd never release a site that I hadn't tested and made
sure worked adequately in IE5+, firefox, opera, safari etc etc anyway.
For me the only really interesting browser stat these days is resolution,
and even that isn't a huge concern because 90% of the time I just know that I
have to make a site that'll be adequate in 800x600.
And sure, some sites might require that you get lynx or netscape 4
support spot on, but again, you're more than likely going to know that before
you go live, and will test for it.
On 01/08/06, Steve
Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
That
argument may seem reasonable but it is flawed. If users with particular user
agents can't use your site or find it difficult to use then they are less
likely to return. Your stats will then show a low number for these users.
You might conclude that the low number means you don't need to
bother fixing the site to cater for these users but in
fact the exact opposite is true.
Steve
The only way to get accurate statistics is to gather your own, on each
individual site. Then you're guaranteed a relevant sample. If
you look at statistics of any other site, no matter what they might claim,
you're not getting the information you need!
Make the site, put it up, check your stats, make any changes you deem
necessary. If it's a design question then go for 800x600 for now, and
change later if/when you decide you have enough 1024x768+ users.
- seb
On 01/08/06, Paul
Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:
Hi all,
Just wondered if anyone has a good resource
for Browser stats. Currently I've got a few but most get their stats from
visitors to the site which can be a bit biased.
Currently I've got
Anyone got better?!
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