[CODE4LIB] Mobile device usage (iOS vs. Android)
I am wondering if any of you can share wisdom of interpreting the mobile device usage statistics. The market trends predict that the number of Android devices are exceeding iOS devices. In my campus, the visits using iOS devices are over 70% of total mobile usage. It is even up from over 65% last year. I feel odd with this unusually high number. Any thought? Sarah Park
Re: [CODE4LIB] Mobile device usage (iOS vs. Android)
There's fairly well established data on that iOS devices, despite smaller market share, have much higher shares of mobile web usage. A google search for ios web traffic versus android reveals a lot of results in that same 60-70% range you're seeing. The why is probably a wide mix of factors, but three guesses come to mind immediately: * android phones, especially low-end ones which make a substantial chunk of the market, are going to customers with no or very small data plans * part of that wide market for android involves people who aren't very interested in doing mobile web browsing * the market share of iOS of students at college libraries is possibly higher than in the general market. --James Stuart On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Park,Go-Woon gop...@nwmissouri.edu wrote: I am wondering if any of you can share wisdom of interpreting the mobile device usage statistics. The market trends predict that the number of Android devices are exceeding iOS devices. In my campus, the visits using iOS devices are over 70% of total mobile usage. It is even up from over 65% last year. I feel odd with this unusually high number. Any thought? Sarah Park
Re: [CODE4LIB] Mobile device usage (iOS vs. Android)
I'm not surprised at all. The market trend report coverage generally runs at least nationwide, if not worldwide. An enormous amount of the worldwide Android adoption is due to non-US mobile device purchases. But locally, I see the majority of our mobile access coming from iPads and iPhones. There have always been a lot of Apple device users in our user population. At the same time that most US websites were getting under 10% of their visits from Macs, we were getting 15 - 20%. It's increased since then. Our usage now looks like: 1. Windows 53.78% 2. Macintosh 30.42% 3. iOS 10.25% 4. Android 4.27% 5. Linux 0.58% 6. (not set) 0.52% 7. BlackBerry 0.08% 8. Windows Phone0.04% General trends only go so far in telling you about your own audience. Genny Engel gen...@sonoma.lib.ca.us From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Park,Go-Woon [gop...@nwmissouri.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Mobile device usage (iOS vs. Android) I am wondering if any of you can share wisdom of interpreting the mobile device usage statistics. The market trends predict that the number of Android devices are exceeding iOS devices. In my campus, the visits using iOS devices are over 70% of total mobile usage. It is even up from over 65% last year. I feel odd with this unusually high number. Any thought? Sarah Park
Re: [CODE4LIB] Mobile device usage (iOS vs. Android)
Any thought? I guess I'd be somewhat wary of comparing general trends to a more defined population. I'm guessing your campus population is not typical of the national population, instead probably skewed towards a younger population with higher disposable income (and also perhaps more sensitive to peer pressure) and hence might not follow general trends ;). Also, how is your 70% traffic figured? Do you have any way to determine if perhaps a few outliers are creating a significant amount of traffic. (In other words, do you know if the mobile traffic actually represents ownership, or might there be a smaller group of i-phone users who happen to use the library services more? I'd guess the smaller the population accessing via mobile, the more likely a small population could skew the results) Also, how are you measuring the Android users? Is it possible you're missing some who would be using non-default browsers or browsers modified by a carrier? I don't unfortunately have any stats, but I do seem to remember seeing some numbers locally that would indicate iOS count of web usage is still pretty high. Android phones are becoming very, very cheap but data plans aren't. Also, the form factor and the processing power of some of the cheaper androids make web searching less than thrilling. I could see someone using an Android that they get for free, but not accessing the library for a variety of reasons. It would be interesting if one could compare the usage of different Android devices but the difficulty of data collection here might be enormous. (I'm not sure off hand if there's an easy way to distinguish, say, a Samsung Galaxy 2 from a Optimus) Jon Gorman
[CODE4LIB] Google Indoor Mapping
Hello list. I hope this finds you well and, dry, and with some power. I'm recently aware of the existence of Google Indoor Mapping which, obviously enough, brings indoor locations (to Google Maps versioned 6.x and higher). The project also offers indoor walking directions. I assume this works via a combination of fine-grained GPS and, some sort of integration with internal wireless. Since a number of you will have had experience with this service, I am soliciting in open forum a discussion of pros, cons, and concerns. Thank you. Al Matthews, Software Dev, Atlanta University Center - ** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. ** IronMail scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. ** **
[CODE4LIB] Google Analytics/Do Not Track
After all the hoopla this year it looks as if all the major browsers plan to implement a do not track feature that users can enable. Does anyone know if this will block Google Analytics It's probably too early to tell, but my guess is yes... Thanks, Nathan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics/Do Not Track
On Oct 30, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Nathan Tallman ntall...@gmail.com wrote: After all the hoopla this year it looks as if all the major browsers plan to implement a do not track feature that users can enable. Does anyone know if this will block Google Analytics It's probably too early to tell, but my guess is yes... I doubt it. DNT is a flag that is set by a browser but the server decides whether or not to honor it. Servers are currently under no obligation to honor them and several companies have publicly stated that they will ignore it. r.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics/Do Not Track
On 31/10/12 09:51, Nathan Tallman wrote: After all the hoopla this year it looks as if all the major browsers plan to implement a do not track feature that users can enable. Does anyone know if this will block Google Analytics It's probably too early to tell, but my guess is yes... Let me get this right. You want to track users after they have expressed an explicit desire not to be tracked? The link you're after is http://www.ala.org/offices/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/freedomreadstatement cheers stuart -- Stuart Yeates Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted
Questions: 1) Do sponsorship team members have a defined call list or are we expected to come up with places to call on our own? 2) If we volunteer for a during the conference position does that help our chances of being able to GO to the conference (in the event of a very impacted registration)? Christina Salazar Systems Librarian John Spoor Broome Library California State University, Channel Islands 805/437-3198 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jodi Schneider [jschnei...@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted Direct link: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_committees_sign-up_page#Scholarships_Committee On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Bohyun Kim bohyun.kim@gmail.comwrote: Hi code4lib-ers, The code4lib needs people who will serve on the scholarship committee for the upcoming c4l conference. Please sign up on the wiki! While you are there, check out other committees as well. Thanks! Bohyun *Sent from a mobile phone - please excuse the brevity of the message. Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. Digital Access Librarian Florida International University Medical Library bohyun@fiu.edu 305. 348. 1471
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Indoor Mapping
We were recently chosen to be a library pilot for the program. We're at the stage that our maps are somewhere in Google's process queue and we're waiting for them to come do a walkthrough for the walking directions. So far I've seen two cons: One, it takes a good while for the maps to be approved. I actually uploaded ours at the end of last year before they approached us about being a pilot library but I re-uploaded them once we started that process. The re-upload was in August and they're still pending. The site used to upload the maps to takes some getting used to but once you do one or two it's pretty easy. Second, it only works on Android. I'm personally all Android but this is a huge downside for the program. Our contact tells me there is an iOS version in the works but with Google Maps being replaced by Apple in iOS6 it won't be out for a while. From what I understand the indoor mapping relies mostly on wifi triangulation but does also use GPS to some extent. The walking directions are optional (we have opted for it) and to produce them a team from Google will survey your building to get statistics for your wifi access point locations and I think (although I'm not positive) pictures. I don't think it's Street View quality as that has not been mentioned at all; however I've seen that Google recently developed backpack version of their Street View equipment for use in a project to map the Grand Canyon [1] so indoors can't be far behind. There is also an Android app called Google Maps Floor Plan Marker you can use to do your own walking survey [2]. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/trekking-grand-canyon-for-google-maps.html [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.insight.surveyorhl=en Joel Marchesoni Web Developer Hunter Library @ Western Carolina University -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Al Matthews Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 16:48 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Google Indoor Mapping Hello list. I hope this finds you well and, dry, and with some power. I'm recently aware of the existence of Google Indoor Mapping which, obviously enough, brings indoor locations (to Google Maps versioned 6.x and higher). The project also offers indoor walking directions. I assume this works via a combination of fine-grained GPS and, some sort of integration with internal wireless. Since a number of you will have had experience with this service, I am soliciting in open forum a discussion of pros, cons, and concerns. Thank you. Al Matthews, Software Dev, Atlanta University Center - ** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. ** IronMail scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. ** **
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted
If you want to guarantee a way to get into the conference submit [...] a proposal Well, *submitting* a proposal is no guarantee, but having your proposal survive the humbling Diebold-o-tron voting, is. ;-) -- Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Francis Kayiwa Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 09:10:57PM +, Salazar, Christina wrote: Questions: 1) Do sponsorship team members have a defined call list or are we expected to come up with places to call on our own? A bit of both although we've pretty much exhausted the `past sponsors` list. We do welcome new donors however. 2) If we volunteer for a during the conference position does that help our chances of being able to GO to the conference (in the event of a very impacted registration)? Oh no it doesn't. The reward is the work itself. :-) If you want to guarantee a way to get into the conference submit (Deadline is this week!) a proposal Go ahead I dare ya! :-) http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals ./fxk Christina Salazar Systems Librarian John Spoor Broome Library California State University, Channel Islands 805/437-3198 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jodi Schneider [jschnei...@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted Direct link: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_committees_sign- up_page#Scholarships_Committee On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Bohyun Kim bohyun.kim@gmail.comwrote: Hi code4lib-ers, The code4lib needs people who will serve on the scholarship committee for the upcoming c4l conference. Please sign up on the wiki! While you are there, check out other committees as well. Thanks! Bohyun *Sent from a mobile phone - please excuse the brevity of the message. Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. Digital Access Librarian Florida International University Medical Library bohyun@fiu.edu 305. 348. 1471 -- The subspace _W inherits the other 8 properties of _V. And there aren't even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted
Oh no, God forbid I should seek reward! I was just wondering how I could commit without knowing for sure if I'd be going. Christina From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Francis Kayiwa [kay...@uic.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 09:10:57PM +, Salazar, Christina wrote: Questions: 1) Do sponsorship team members have a defined call list or are we expected to come up with places to call on our own? A bit of both although we've pretty much exhausted the `past sponsors` list. We do welcome new donors however. 2) If we volunteer for a during the conference position does that help our chances of being able to GO to the conference (in the event of a very impacted registration)? Oh no it doesn't. The reward is the work itself. :-) If you want to guarantee a way to get into the conference submit (Deadline is this week!) a proposal Go ahead I dare ya! :-) http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals ./fxk Christina Salazar Systems Librarian John Spoor Broome Library California State University, Channel Islands 805/437-3198 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jodi Schneider [jschnei...@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted Direct link: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_committees_sign-up_page#Scholarships_Committee On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Bohyun Kim bohyun.kim@gmail.comwrote: Hi code4lib-ers, The code4lib needs people who will serve on the scholarship committee for the upcoming c4l conference. Please sign up on the wiki! While you are there, check out other committees as well. Thanks! Bohyun *Sent from a mobile phone - please excuse the brevity of the message. Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. Digital Access Librarian Florida International University Medical Library bohyun@fiu.edu 305. 348. 1471 -- The subspace _?W inherits the other 8 properties of _?V. And there aren't even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Analytics/Do Not Track
No, Stuart, you are not right. That is not what I said, nor was it implied. I was simply asking how such a browser feature might affect Google Analytics. Nathan On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:19 PM, stuart yeates stuart.yea...@vuw.ac.nzwrote: On 31/10/12 09:51, Nathan Tallman wrote: After all the hoopla this year it looks as if all the major browsers plan to implement a do not track feature that users can enable. Does anyone know if this will block Google Analytics It's probably too early to tell, but my guess is yes... Let me get this right. You want to track users after they have expressed an explicit desire not to be tracked? The link you're after is http://www.ala.org/offices/**oif/statementspols/**ftrstatement/** freedomreadstatementhttp://www.ala.org/offices/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/freedomreadstatement cheers stuart -- Stuart Yeates Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/**library/http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted
On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: If you want to guarantee a way to get into the conference submit [...] a proposal Well, *submitting* a proposal is no guarantee, but having your proposal survive the humbling Diebold-o-tron voting, is. ;-) My purpose in life is to bring you people down a peg or two. -Ross. -- Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Francis Kayiwa Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 09:10:57PM +, Salazar, Christina wrote: Questions: 1) Do sponsorship team members have a defined call list or are we expected to come up with places to call on our own? A bit of both although we've pretty much exhausted the `past sponsors` list. We do welcome new donors however. 2) If we volunteer for a during the conference position does that help our chances of being able to GO to the conference (in the event of a very impacted registration)? Oh no it doesn't. The reward is the work itself. :-) If you want to guarantee a way to get into the conference submit (Deadline is this week!) a proposal Go ahead I dare ya! :-) http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals ./fxk Christina Salazar Systems Librarian John Spoor Broome Library California State University, Channel Islands 805/437-3198 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jodi Schneider [jschnei...@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted Direct link: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_committees_sign- up_page#Scholarships_Committee On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Bohyun Kim bohyun.kim@gmail.comwrote: Hi code4lib-ers, The code4lib needs people who will serve on the scholarship committee for the upcoming c4l conference. Please sign up on the wiki! While you are there, check out other committees as well. Thanks! Bohyun *Sent from a mobile phone - please excuse the brevity of the message. Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. Digital Access Librarian Florida International University Medical Library bohyun@fiu.edu 305. 348. 1471 -- The subspace _W inherits the other 8 properties of _V. And there aren't even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted
Volunteering to help is not connected to volunteering. Each committee (except the exec/host committee) consist of people from all over, so it's just a matter of coordinating over email/skype/etc to get things done. On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Salazar, Christina christina.sala...@csuci.edu wrote: Oh no, God forbid I should seek reward! I was just wondering how I could commit without knowing for sure if I'd be going. Christina From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Francis Kayiwa [kay...@uic.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 09:10:57PM +, Salazar, Christina wrote: Questions: 1) Do sponsorship team members have a defined call list or are we expected to come up with places to call on our own? A bit of both although we've pretty much exhausted the `past sponsors` list. We do welcome new donors however. 2) If we volunteer for a during the conference position does that help our chances of being able to GO to the conference (in the event of a very impacted registration)? Oh no it doesn't. The reward is the work itself. :-) If you want to guarantee a way to get into the conference submit (Deadline is this week!) a proposal Go ahead I dare ya! :-) http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals ./fxk Christina Salazar Systems Librarian John Spoor Broome Library California State University, Channel Islands 805/437-3198 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jodi Schneider [jschnei...@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib-ers who will serve on the scholarship committee wanted Direct link: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_committees_sign-up_page#Scholarships_Committee On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Bohyun Kim bohyun.kim@gmail.comwrote: Hi code4lib-ers, The code4lib needs people who will serve on the scholarship committee for the upcoming c4l conference. Please sign up on the wiki! While you are there, check out other committees as well. Thanks! Bohyun *Sent from a mobile phone - please excuse the brevity of the message. Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. Digital Access Librarian Florida International University Medical Library bohyun@fiu.edu 305. 348. 1471 -- The subspace _?W inherits the other 8 properties of _?V. And there aren't even any property taxes. -- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Indoor Mapping
Salve! One, it takes a good while for the maps to be approved. I actually uploaded ours at the end of last year before they approached us about being a pilot library but I re-uploaded them once we started that process. The re-upload was in August and they're still pending. The site used to upload the maps to takes some getting used to but once you do one or two it's pretty easy. Second, it only works on Android. I'm personally all Android but this is a huge downside for the program. Our contact tells me there is an iOS version in the works but with Google Maps being replaced by Apple in iOS6 it won't be out for a while. Well then, uh, why not http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indoor_Mapping :) Cheers, Brooke
