Just to throw in some other datasets to look at:
The US .gov publishes all browser/traffic information in csv/json [1]. The
gov.uk publishes similar data [2]. I realize this is centered mainly on
people who live in those countries, but it may be helpful to look at other
large traffic-getting domains and see similarities and differences to the
browser usage on Wikipedia [3].
[1]
https://analytics.usa.gov/data/, Code:
https://github.com/18F/analytics.usa.gov
[2]
https://data.gov.uk/data/site-usage#browsers_names
[3]
https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/#desktop-site-by-browse…
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:28 AM Joaquin Oltra Hernandez
<
jhernandez(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I think that people using old browsers on
desktop, are most surely doing
it
because they have to (company policy on locked
down computers) and
showing
them a banner or similar is only going to detract
from their experience
with information they don't neither want nor need.
To be honest, bugging these users means hopefully they'll bug their IT
managers to finally get their fucking asses in the 2010s and stop being
irresponsible. I won't lose any sleep over annoying them...
However, there's two other groups who would be annoyed/confused by such
banners:
* Parents/grandparents who got their Windows XP laptop 12 years ago and
don't know how to upgrade--nor do they care, as long as they can check
their e-mail and print pictures :)
* People in lower-income locales for whom upgrading is a cost-prohibitive
endeavor
-Chad
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