I didn't mean to imply that it was insignificant (that is not up for me to decide). But I think it does show why we launched the site, before any issues with the browser were resolved.
As I stated in a previous thread, we are working with opera to resolve the issue. mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willy Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: Re: New MM.com > I hear you, Mike, and I'm sorry you're getting your lunch pissed on > today. > > Know this: I'm a developer for a small college using ColdFusion MX, > Flash MX, DWMX, and Homesite. We've been a ColdFusion campus since > version 3. I *love* your products. I *love* your support folks. I > would like to see Macromedia continue to do well. I'm a loyal customer. > > > Here's how I read your .04%: > > Macromedia's marketing info says the site gets a million customers a > day. > > That article is here: > http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mmwebsite/articles/devnet_experience.html > > four tenths of one percent of one million (1,000,000 * .004) = 4,000 > customers hitting your site per day using Opera. > > So, is this significant to you or not? Maybe it isn't. I can see the > corporate attitude being, "The amount of customers we have, those 4k can > hang." What do you think? Is that the case? > > Willy > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/05/03 05:07PM >>> > .4% of users who visit our site use Opera. > > Regardless, we are working with Opera to resolve the issue. > > mike chambers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Willy Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: New MM.com > > > > I appreciate that you guys are getting hammered here. I should have > > thought you'd have expected it. I also hear you getting defensive, > and > > I can really understand that, too. I've been there. > > > > That not withstanding, what you've essentially said here is this: > > Whatever percentage the Opera market is, we're comfortable > abandoning > > them, or forcing them to launch a Microsoft product that they'd > really > > rather not. > > > > My guess is that your typical Opera user is a developer. Is this > > really an audience you're comfortable with orphaning? For my part, > when > > I develop a site, I'm constantly testing it in several versions of > > Explorer, Communicator and Opera. Who QA-ed your new site, anyway? > > > > Willy > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/05/03 09:31AM >>> > > One thing to keep in mind is that while Opera may have 10% of the > > market > > (does it?), that does not mean that 10% of people who visit the > > Macromedia > > site have it. It may be a much smaller percentage. > > > > mike chambers > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:00 AM > > Subject: Re: New MM.com > > > > > > > AHHH nobody seems to have mentioned the fact the site looks like > > horses*it > > > to me ;) > > > The stupid flash just loops loading over and over. > > > I cant even see it with opera, and if they don't have a QA Dept > then > > i'm a > > > little worried. > > > If they also don't care about 10% and growing portion of the > browser > > market > > > well then that fine too i guess i wont be visiting their site > > anymore > > > unfortunately until they fix the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
