I just found those figures too. Doesn't say who that 6% is. Seems small, but 6% of a billion is a big #. A bit scary if you have a broad target audience.
On 2/26/07 10:24 AM, "Andy Dirnberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I usually use http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp as a rough > guide. It shows 94% JavaScript on, 6% off for January 2007. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Withington > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:08 AM > To: NYPHP Talk > Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Thoughts on using JavaScript with no progressive > fall-back > > I agree. With absolutely no data to back this up, I bet any "serious" > web user has JavaScript on and probably [relatively] up-to-date on their > browser version. So, like the proverbial Willy Sutton reply, [Why do you rob > banks, Willy?] "Cause that's where the money is" > > Why do we write code with no progressive fall-back? "Cause that's where the > money is" > > On 2/26/07, Kenneth Downs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Cliff Hirsch wrote: >> I'm seeing more and more applications that simply do not work if >> JavaScript is turned off. In fact, I'm looking at purchasing a slick >> shopping cart that seems great, but I think the lack of progressive fallback >> is a show stopper. >> >> Whatever happened to building a robust PHP application and only then >> layering on the client-side enhancements? To me this lack of >> progressive fall-back is just laziness, arrogance, or the victim of >> the usual time pressures. This isn't an opinionated group right?! So >> I curious to here what others think. >> >> It's probably just market trends. Fewer and fewer people have >> Javascript turned off (or so it is perceived), and so they are less >> and less of a constituency. At some point a person says, why am I >> bothering with this for? Or, how far back to I have to remain >> compatible? Then a lot of people say that, and suddenly Javascript is >> required. >> >> >> >> >> Are there any data sources that measure what browsers people are >> using today and what percentage of people turn JS off or don't have it? >> >> Cliff ________________________________ >> _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
