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Out of interest: browser and OS breakdowns?

Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by MYOB, Aug 8, 2004.

  1. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    Considering this is a highly geeky site (it must be, I use it...), I'm wondering what the OS and browser breakdowns are here?

    I'm expecting a higher-than-normal level of Firefox usage anyway. Not sure about OS's here, all our "Linux" users seem to use Windows a lot, and I (shamefully) still usually post from Windows...
  2. Rick TechSpot Staff

    You'll see a lot more Firefox, Opera and alternative browser users here for sure.

    Exactly how much? I'm not sure.

    I bet Julio knows though. :)
  3. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Mozilla/5.0 (BeOS; U; BeOS BePC; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040606 Firefox/0.8.0+
  4. Masque TechSpot Chancellor

    Windows XP Pro and IE6 (yeah, a break from the pack). ;)
  5. DigitAlex TechSpot Paladin

    XP but Firefox / Thunderbird
  6. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    Well, I was kinda wondering could I get the server-side stats instead of us all answering :)
  7. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    WinXP Pro and IE6 SP1 on my main machine.
  8. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    For our beloved loyal readers ;) Here's the info from our server stats (current month):

    MS Internet Explorer 85.1 %
    FireFox 7.7 %
    Opera 2.4 %
    Mozilla 2.3 %
    Netscape 1.3 %

    Windows 97.5 %
    Unknown 1.1 %
    Linux 0.6 %
    Macintosh 0.6 %
  9. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    I am probably most of the Mac usage on our site :) J/K - but I do have 6 macs now. 2 of them are pieces of crap though.
  10. Goalie Newcomer, in training

    The other 4 are just half pieces?? /ducks

    I wouldn't have thought IE to have such a high percentage here.. but on the other hand we probably get lots of google hits of people lloking for help, and the non-regulars bring in IE hits I bet...
  11. TS | Thomas Newcomer, in training

    People still use Netscape? ;)
  12. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    Nope, some of the Macintosh hits are me. Scarily, MacIE on the old 5400 I have works with my proxy, whereas Windows IE doesn't always work right...

    That breakdown is kinda what I expected anyway.
  13. $oulo Newcomer, in training

    Why what browser do you use? And why? Do you guys not recommend using IE?
  14. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Consider that even some 15% of alternative browsers being used is an extremely high mark, a few months ago that wasn't higher than 7% or so.
  15. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Also some of that IE is probably me in Opera, I had that set to say it was IE rather than Opera for some site once and forgot to change it back.
  16. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Also must consider that our sample is way wider than some small website or tech-related blog, we are talking of hundreds of thousands visitors.
  17. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Hmm, a total of 99.8 %.

    Rounding errors or are the rest .. uh.. ethereal?
  18. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Unknown, Safari, Firebird... etc.
  19. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Hum, I thought "Unknown" covered "Unknown" :giddy:
  20. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces