Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:53:59 -0400
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Eric K. Meyer wrote:
> I'm looking at stats from a typical, single page of a typical,
> general-interest site, which has produced the following browser
> hit records, as determined by analysis of FULL remote_host
> environment variables.
>
> I'm wondering whether this sounds typical to you:
No surprises here.
Note, though, the browser choices of Windows 3.1 users seem to indicate a
conservative approach, with a disinclination to move to newer technology.
Of course, it may indicate merely that IE 2.0 was a lousy product.
> (Switch to that old monospaced font, please)
>
> Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Mac Total
>
> Netscape 1.x 4803 209 456 5468
> Netscape 2.x 9439 8197 3346 20982
> Netscape 3.x 427 3364 287 4078
> ----- ----- ---- -----
> Subtotal 14669 11770 4089 30528
>
> MSIE 2.x 446 1569 -- 2015
> MSIE 3.x -- 959 -- 959
> MSIE 4.x? -- 328 -- 328
> ----- ----- ---- -----
> Subtotal 446 2856 -- 3302
>
> Lynx ? ? ? 1681
> AOL 537 -- 206 742
> Prodigy 262 -- -- 262
>
> ===== ===== ===== =====
> 15914 14626 4295 36515
> Interestingly, 31% of the 49190 hits came with graphics turned off,
> even though the server is a fast one and the graphics involved were
> minimal.
Were they able to capture which browser/OS combos came in with graphics
off?
Donovan White
Online Information Development and Design
dwhite@olinfo.com (508) 597-5321
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