Subject: Re: Stats on browser type From: Micha.Reisel@kr.kommorg.no (Micha Reisel) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 17:02:12 +0200

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At 14:19 31-08-96, Joe Shea wrote:

>I found the most interesting item in Eric's list of hit sources
>was that 31 percent of the hits were with the Lynx browser.

Joe,
the point is 31% with graphics turned off, *not* 31% lynx
Lynx accounted for 4,6 %

This just shows that it is very important to use the alt="" code in IMG,
and to see how the page looks in lynx or netscape with graphics turned off

Micha

>> Lynx       1681
>>...
>>               =====
>>               36515
>>
>>...

>> Interestingly, 31% of the 49190 hits came with graphics turned off,
>> even though the server is a fast one and the graphics involved were
>> minimal.

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