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Thread: Browser & Platform Testing
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03-01-2004, 06:21 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Browser & Platform Testing
Do most people have a PC and a Mac to double check that sites look right in various browsers?
Anyone have any good links for in depth coverage of this annoying problem?
I am thinking of getting a PC at home, right now I have to design at home on Mac, then check and tweak on PC at work, it is sooooooooo annoying.
Phil
http://www.cornstalkdesign.net/
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03-01-2004, 06:31 PM #2WHT Addict
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i have a pc, mac, crappy pc and crappy mac that i use for testing.
however, i usually just use BrowserCam for most testing because you can see it in many different OS's and browsers all at once.Bill Erickson : Resume | Aesthetic Studios
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03-01-2004, 10:11 PM #3WHT Addict
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it is probably a good website but I wouldn't want to pay "starting at a Buck a URL!" And it is an issue only when you create a website for designers, otherwise the percentage of Mac visitors is pretty low. Here's some stats from http://www.loversorfriends.com since Jan 1. It is a simple dating website, the stats are not 100% accurate but still you can make some conclusions. Hope it helps.
Browsers:
Type | visitors | average a day | percentage
MSIE 6 24950 402.42 58.33%
MSIE 5 15184 244.90 35.50%
Mozilla 717 11.56 1.68%
Netscape 3 607 9.79 1.42%
Opera 7 417 6.73 0.97%
MSIE 4 368 5.94 0.86%
Netscape 7 219 3.53 0.51%
Netscape 4 112 1.81 0.26%
Opera 6 64 1.03 0.15%
Other 61 0.98 0.14%
Netscape 6 38 0.61 0.09%
Konqueror 22 0.35 0.05%
Opera 5 8 0.13 0.02%
MSIE 2 5 0.08 0.01%
Opera 4 2 0.03 0.00%
MSIE 3 1 0.02 0.00%
Operating Systems
Windows 98 17312 279.23 40.47%
Windows XP 16175 260.89 37.81%
Windows 2000 6561 105.82 15.34%
Other 807 13.02 1.89%
Windows NT 755 12.18 1.77%
Macintosh 514 8.29 1.20%
Windows 95 437 7.05 1.02%
Linux 157 2.53 0.37%
Windows ME 45 0.73 0.11%
SunOS 9 0.15 0.02%
FreeBSD 1 0.02 0.00%
OS/2 1 0.02 0.00%
OpenBSD 1 0.02 0.00%
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03-01-2004, 11:11 PM #4WHT Addict
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if i remember correctly you can do the free version of browser cam for 8 hours (after 8 hours the images are taken down).
Bill Erickson : Resume | Aesthetic Studios
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03-02-2004, 12:00 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Those stats are VERY typical in my opinion.
Of course it would depend on the genre of the site, but those numbers seem average.CybexHost.com - Shared and Reseller Hosting Solutions on cPanel/WHM Linux Servers
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