Thanks a bunch Dan, this is AWESOME!! Off to some Windoze friends of mine. Knowledge is power.
Have a great year....... John On Dec 31, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > Occasionally I look at the Google Analytics statistics from our website, > Louisville.com, to see what kind of computers/operating systems people are > using when visiting the site. We have enough traffic, both locally and > nationwide, to give what I believe is a relatively representative trend line > of the popularity of various OS's in the U.S. over the same time period. > > Here are our statistics, in percentages, for the full month of December from > 2007-2011: > > TOTAL VISITS 30,206 43,361 41,874 68,744 114,716 > DEC 07 DEC 08 DEC 09 DEC 10 DEC 11 > Windows 94% 90% 84% 78% 65% > Macintosh 5% 9% 12% 14% 14% > iOS 0% 1% 3% 6% 14% > Android 0% 0% 0% 2% 7% > Linux 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% > Other 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% > > > > > > > > The most obvious trend is the continuing and rapid decline in usage of the > Windows operating system, which has dropped 29% over five years. Apple's OS > usage (MacOS and iOS), meanwhile, has increased from 5% in 2007 to a combined > 28% in 2011. > > I well remember several web developers in the mid-2000s telling me, after I > complained that their web software did not adequately support Macintosh > browsers, that they didn't see the point in putting much effort into Mac > compatibility, since the Mac at that time represented less than 5% of > Internet users. Oddly enough, I haven't heard that particular excuse in the > last couple of years. > > Anybody care to hazard a guess as to when Windows will represent less than > half of Internet users? The trend line shows an accelerating rate of decline > in Windows usage year to year — 4%, 6%, 6%, 13% — with a huge drop between > 2010 and 2011. It is entirely possible that Windows will be used by fewer > than half of our web site's visitors by December 2012. > > Happy New Year to all… > > Dan Crutcher > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
_______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
