Re: [WSG] that old IE6 thing...
I think it's more to do with the fact that librarians are always getting hand-me-down hardware :) Pretty likely. I'd say it's probably also an effect of the corporate-owned hardware syndrome - as in, they may not have admin rights on their workstations to change the browser. Students on the other hand probably own their computers and can use whatever they like. -- --- http://weblog.200ok.com.au/ --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] that old IE6 thing...
Dan, I agree that libraries have played a special part in the evolution of many standards directly or indirectly related to the Web. But, there's always more to do. You and others might want to check out a new W3C Incubator Group in this area http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/ Incubators don't produce standards, they report on what standards work needs to be done. At least please join the public mailing list! Cheers Phil. -- Phil Archer W3C Mobile Web Initiative http://www.w3.org/Mobile http://philarcher.org Dan Webb wrote: Andrew wrote: (and perhaps that librarians are a bit slow to upgrade ;) And then tee wrote: I think it's more to do with the fact that librarians are always getting hand-me-down hardware :) That is indeed often the case. And it's not only that. If given a choice of buying 3 or 4 new books for the researchers and clinicians, or buying library staff a shiny new computer when the one they have can clunk along just fine for another year ... well, it's a simple choice. Budgetry constraints hit libraries hard. And while I'm here, I'll point out that librarians happen to be quite early adopters of new technologies and web trends, and have been since the days of ARPANET. Libraries have been quick to embrace all kinds of services (Facebook, Twitter, SMS) to push information out to and connect with their patrons. It's thanks to advice from librarians that, from the time I put my hand up and told my boss yea, I can make you a website, and then wonderened how the heck to do it, I headed down the Web Standards path. They're generelly pretty technologically aware, and do the best with what they have. dan. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] that old IE6 thing...
On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Andrew Harris wrote: Two blogs, same base domain, same template, same environment, same university. Blog 1: Audience: Librarians IE6: 42.2% Firefox (all versions): 23% Proving once again, that knowing your audience is key. (and perhaps that librarians are a bit slow to upgrade ;) I think it's more to do with the fact that librarians are always getting hand-me-down hardware :) tee *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] that old IE6 thing...
Andrew wrote: (and perhaps that librarians are a bit slow to upgrade ;) And then tee wrote: I think it's more to do with the fact that librarians are always getting hand-me-down hardware :) That is indeed often the case. And it's not only that. If given a choice of buying 3 or 4 new books for the researchers and clinicians, or buying library staff a shiny new computer when the one they have can clunk along just fine for another year ... well, it's a simple choice. Budgetry constraints hit libraries hard. And while I'm here, I'll point out that librarians happen to be quite early adopters of new technologies and web trends, and have been since the days of ARPANET. Libraries have been quick to embrace all kinds of services (Facebook, Twitter, SMS) to push information out to and connect with their patrons. It's thanks to advice from librarians that, from the time I put my hand up and told my boss yea, I can make you a website, and then wonderened how the heck to do it, I headed down the Web Standards path. They're generelly pretty technologically aware, and do the best with what they have. dan. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
[WSG] that old IE6 thing...
I know this was a recent discussion, and I don't want to revive an already well worn subject, but I just noticed something amazing on a multi user blog site I manage. Two blogs, same base domain, same template, same environment, same university. Blog 1: Audience: Librarians IE6: 42.2% Firefox (all versions): 23% Blog 2: Audience: Students IE6: 9.8% Firefox (all versions): 40.5% Proving once again, that knowing your audience is key. (and perhaps that librarians are a bit slow to upgrade ;) -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com ~~~ * ~~~ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
