Re: Strange "Netscape Problem"

The change in stats is interesting - it is also dependent on where you are
based/aimed at.

I'm operating in Bangkok, Thailand for a mainly Thai audience. Pirated
software here is easily available here (like, ridiculously easily
available!!) and stats from one of the sites I run are consistently around
IE4+ above 90-95% and NS4+ - 10-5%. This is based on an average of about
130,000 hits a month which, although not huge is enough to use as a guide.

Being a NS user I find the above disappointing, but in the same breath know
that I can add some IE fancy trimmings (even though I design and test first
on NS) because the audience is so massivly IE.

Cheers

Stuart

----- Original Message -----
From: hb <herblondeness(at)yahoo.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 12:16 PM
Subject: Strange "Netscape Problem"


> >From: "tim booker" <timbooker(at)btinternet.com>
> >Subject: RE: Strange Netscape Problem
> >You are right.  Netscape 4 is still used by 13% of
> >surfers, compared to Microsoft's 81%.
>
> Interesting stat.  Funny, tho - the stats from
> TheCounter.Com counter on my site (12,000+ unique hits
>  to date) consistently show 41% to 45% of my visitors
> use Netscape 4.x or higher.
>
> I code my pages to standards, not to a particular
> browser.  If a company chooses to code its site for
> MSIE users to the exclusion of NN users, so be it.
> But I do wonder if said company is aware that's being
> done, and that as a potential paying customer (and NN
> user) I *will* take my spending money elsewhere.
>
> Finally, having pled guilty to caving in and laying on
> a lash or two, can we please lay this dead horse (of a
> browser issue) to rest and get on with the business at
> hand.  I'm pining for my daily dose of excellent
> advice.
>
> Elise
>
>
>
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