Some Interesting Statistics

OK, here are some interesting statistics for you. These statistics are since the site was launched live.
Browser Summary
Miscellaneous - 0.02%
Konqueror - 0.11%
Opera - 0.24%
Safari - 0.68%
Netscape - 0.83%
Mozilla / Firefox - 38.47%
Internet Explorer - 59.64%

Operating Systems
Windows (All Versions) - 91.33%
Mac OS X - 6.20%
Linux / Unix - 2.47%

Wow, that's a lot of Firefox hits! I guess that's only logical given the technical interest of the users of this site.

Go Firefox!

Are things trending up or down since launch? I know there was an initial flurry of activity at launch but after the dust settled, how to we compare now?

Well, the first month was BIG and then we took a slow ride down as we came towards summer, bottoming out in August. This is to be expected as summer time people are much more busy. Now things are taking quite a drastic turn back up.

Tom

tomw wrote:

Most viewed thread - Ward Maps

Any guesses as to the next most needed feature in LUWS?



The Earl

The Earl wrote:Any guesses as to the next most needed feature in LUWS?



The Earl

LOL, true that. That's one of my favorite things that has come out of this site. I hope it works out.

And if you look at it the two most requested features (from the tech community at least) are both listed. VT/HT Reporting and Ward Maps.

I also have to determine which browser I use most since I check the site from IE and from Firefox around 50/50.

So is this just recording one browser type per IP or per HTTP request?

thedqs wrote: is this just recording one browser type per IP or per HTTP request?

It is per HTTP request as our infrastructure blocks the actual IP address.

Tom

Cool, so in a way this is the stats for the active membership (which is more helpful then just a complete sample sometimes). Just out of curiosity what do all the moderators/admins use (since they are most likely generating the most requests (minus RusselHtn ).

thedqs wrote:Cool, so in a way this is the stats for the active membership (which is more helpful then just a complete sample sometimes). Just out of curiosity what do all the moderators/admins use (since they are most likely generating the most requests (minus RusselHtn ).

I used to use Firefox a lot, but now I'm on IE7. I'm sure I'll jump on Firefox again at some point.

I use Firefox.

Tom

thedqs wrote:Cool, so in a way this is the stats for the active membership (which is more helpful then just a complete sample sometimes). Just out of curiosity what do all the moderators/admins use (since they are most likely generating the most requests (minus RusselHtn ).

I use Firefox almost exclusively. If I come across a site that needs IE, I use the IE tab in Firefox.

bhofmann wrote:I use Firefox almost exclusively. If I come across a site that needs IE, I use the IE tab in Firefox.

Same here, IE Tab is awesome.

Firefox, but I am playing with Chrome, a little...

mkmurray wrote:I used to use Firefox a lot, but now I'm on IE7. I'm sure I'll jump on Firefox again at some point.

Since my last post a while back, I'm now predominately on Chrome.

I use multiple browsers concurrently for work (cookie issues with the same application running). Though I am a predominately Firefox user, I use Safari for Windows for browsing this forum. I have found that after viewing a post to a thread in a particular forum with Safari, when returning to the main forum page to see the other unread posts, the link for the post I just viewed correctly displays it has been viewed. Other browsers need to have the refresh button clicked to change the link status from bold text (not read) to regular text (read). Anyone else observe this behavior?

MRK wrote:when returning to the main forum page

How are you returning? The back button? I've never observed that behavior when I "go forward" to get back to the list.

I have been using the back button. I don't always read the posts in order.

It's probably just the way the browsers work. They are retrieving the cached copy. Safari must either re-evaluate the "visit" or refresh the page.

Proud part of the 6% using OS X. Slowly getting converts too. Not exactly the 'stone cut out of the mountain without hands' ... but market share is steadily increasing...

Oh, and Chrome is awesome too.