Just to throw in some other datasets to look at: The US .gov publishes all browser/traffic information in csv/json [1]. The gov.uk publishes similar data [2]. I realize this is centered mainly on people who live in those countries, but it may be helpful to look at other large traffic-getting domains and see similarities and differences to the browser usage on Wikipedia [3].
[1] https://analytics.usa.gov/data/, Code: https://github.com/18F/analytics.usa.gov [2] https://data.gov.uk/data/site-usage#browsers_names [3] https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/#desktop-site-by-browser/browser-family-and-major-tabular-view On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Chad <innocentkil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:28 AM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < > jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > I think that people using old browsers on desktop, are most surely doing > it > > because they have to (company policy on locked down computers) and > showing > > them a banner or similar is only going to detract from their experience > > with information they don't neither want nor need. > > > > > To be honest, bugging these users means hopefully they'll bug their IT > managers to finally get their fucking asses in the 2010s and stop being > irresponsible. I won't lose any sleep over annoying them... > > However, there's two other groups who would be annoyed/confused by such > banners: > > * Parents/grandparents who got their Windows XP laptop 12 years ago and > don't know how to upgrade--nor do they care, as long as they can check > their e-mail and print pictures :) > * People in lower-income locales for whom upgrading is a cost-prohibitive > endeavor > > -Chad > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Melody Kramer <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:MKramer_(WMF)> Senior Audience Development Manager Read a random featured article from Wikipedia! <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomInCategory/Featured_articles> mkra...@wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
