[WEB4LIB] e: testing web pages- a question

[Michael L. McEvoy]

Per a browser cut off point... using the logs to determine what browsers
are accessing has already been broached. I think the real question is at
what technological point do you become BOFH and tell those users stuck
with Netscape 4.03 or MSIE 4.0 that you cannot support them. 

I've personally drawn this line at Netscape 4.7x and MSIE 5.x. Opera,
Mozilla, and other derivatives all usually fall within or above this line
of compatibility, with only Netscape 4.7 being problematic (and the
performance of such being highly variable by platform). The only
exception would be if your logs proved that 50% of the hits to your site
are from Netscape 4.03 users. In which case you would alter your cut off
ppoint accordingly.

The highest "Netscape" usage I see if from Netscape 4.08... and that's
only because one member of my staff insists on using it instead of
anything else I've dared install for them :)

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Harrison Dekker wrote:

> You might check your server log files to determine which browser versions
> have been used to access your site. Doesn't answer the question of what
> browsers people *might* use, but it does at least give you one measure upon
> which to base your decision about a cutoff point.
> 
> 
> > From: "Drew, Bill" <drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU>
> > Reply-To: drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU
> > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] testing web pages- a question
> > 
> > I want to thank everyone for their help in testing my web page.  I have a
> > general question aimed at when a page has been tested enough.
> > 
> > I have gotten the page to work in Netscape4.77 and higher, IE5 and higher,
> > Mozilla 1.0, Opera 6.04, Kmeleon, and also Lynx.  I am getting input from
> > people using really buggy browser versions such as Netscape 4.03 and older.
> > 
> > Where do I stop and say that is it?  What browser version do I cut off at?
> > 
> > Wilfred (Bill) Drew
> > Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
> > SUNY Morrisville College Library
> > E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
> > AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
> > BillDrew.Net: http://billdrew.net/
> > Wireless Librarian: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/
> > Not Just Cows:http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/
> > Library: http://library.morrisville.edu/
> > SUNYConnect: http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/
> > SUNY Morrisville College: America's Most Wired 2 Year College - 2001, 2000
> > Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at:
> > http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/BillDrew 
> 
> 

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