OS and Browser Stats for JC.COM

This is a quick little post. I was rooting around my cPanel and thought I’d check out the OS and Browser stats. I don’t usually care about this data, so I rarely check in on it. I typically just care about page views and refers. Anyway, I found it very interesting the when I viewed the results. I thought that there would be much more traffic from via Mac computers. However, since I work on a PC during work it is understandable that some of the numbers could be skewed. Still very interesting. Maybe I should do some windows tips now…HA HA, just kidding.

The next part, the browser stats, is what I really found the most interesting. Being a web designer, I have to design and code for the lowest common denominator. Usually this is the dreaded IE6. While I have respected people like Jason Schuller for totally dropping support for IE6 I found that it was best to support it for a bit longer. However With these numbers I find it very compelling to drop support for IE6 altogether. I mean when I think of the waisted development time spent making separate style-sheets and hacks for IE6, all for the low numbers I am receiving from IE6 users, it makes me want to stop once and for all. So moving forward I will no longer develop for IE6 on any personal sites nor on small website projects. Its just not worth my time.

What do you think?