>Hello,
>
>Does anyone say
>"
>If you do this then you will lose 3% of visitors.
>If you do this then you will lose 8% of visitors.
>If you do this then you will lose 12% of visitors.
>"
Peter, I say this all the time to clients <G>
of course, one can only estimate the percentage, but the basis for the
statement can stillbe valid.
>But then the client didn't like it in the end. Given that NN and IE
>handle dhtml differently it loaded a bit funny in Netscape but once
>initialized it worked fine.
>
>So client now said, "wow! hey, gee whiz look at this neat thing in
>java". And it just happened to work on someone's 3.0 browser (which
>must mean it works everywhere).
This client attitude is common. I work very hard to educate clients about
these issues so I don't waste my time. I know, it's tough to tell people
what they don't want to hear! But it's worth the effort. (I"m not saying
you didn't try!)
>I just think that X number of people surf with java turned off. I
>wonder what that percentage is. I also bet that java just simply
>won't work properly on all browsers and all computers. I wonder what
>percentage of people will not be able to use this ... AND THIS IS
>YOUR NAVIGATION system. I just wonder what those numbers are. Has
>anyone pursued this and then said .. " yeah, we are quite willing to
>lose 11% of visitors to use this nifty java program".
I think it is going to vary a lot depending on the web site target
audience. If it is a general interest site, then it is going to draw a lot
of visitors with old browsers and low-power systems, and using java would
be a major mistake.
If it's a site that is going to attract a "geekier" audience of gear-heads
than you might consider it. But I can tell you that I've met many a geek
who turns java off because it drives them nuts.
I don't have any numbers, and I doubt anyone has good numbers. But it's
still an issue.
Barry
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Barry Lee Brisco <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
Web portfolio at <http://www.ToTheWeb.com/portfolio.html>
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