FW: [WEB4LIB] Design to ... standard not ... browser (was Re: Net scape 6 is out

[Gimon, Charles A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Porter [mailto:george at library.caltech.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:13 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Design to ... standard not ... browser (was Re:
> Netscape 6 is out
> 
> 
> As has been noted before, it is possible to record user 
> agents in your web
> server logs.  Get to know your target audience.  How do they 
> choose to view
> your website?  What browsers do they use?
> 

And you may find that a small but significant chunk of traffic on your site
identifies itself not as "Mozilla" but as something like "Scooter". Another
good reason to double-check pages in Lynx: it's a fair approximation of what
search engine robots see when they visit.

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library