>The browser stats are just as interesting (IMO) >So, even assuming unknown are all Mac, 2.11% > If you are making the decision for *your* site then your stats *may* be a good guide. But you also need to consider if:
1) The content of your site might just be unappealing to effeminate Mac users. 2) It may be smarter to target who you want, rather than who you have. 3) Many Mac users set their browser to masquerade as Win IE to avoid brain-dead gatekeeper pages. So you may not bee seeing them. 3) A significant percentage of "vistors" to websites are from bots and crawlers looking to map your site or find vulnerabilities. While the legitimate ones will be using Xnix, the botnets will be using PCs. That will skew stats significantly. Your stats show too few crawlers so this is suspicious. 4) We don't know how accurate your detection is. Your browser stats look very skewed. Perhaps MS wrote your logging software? >Which begs the question: how much time and money SHOULD >a developer or business spend making their site easily >usable to 'all' browsers? If you make your site hostile to anyone not using Win IE you are creating a self-fulfilling situation. The share of non-MSIE browsers in the general population is about 25%. If you think that much of the market is insignificant you may be making a bad decision. A good source of stats is marketshare.hitslink.com ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
