From kde-devel  Fri Apr 12 21:02:03 2002
From: Roland Seuhs <roland () hasos ! com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:02:03 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Konqueror browser identification string
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=101864561323330

Hi!

I posted this on Konqueror-devel, but the list is not very frequented, so=
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repost it here, because I think it is important:

Currently, Konqueror sends the usual version string, for example 2.2.2 or=
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3.0.0.

If you look at browser statistics (I've found=20
http://www.zyn.de/htstats/usage_200204.html#TOPAGENTS on the web as an=20
example) you see that several Konqueror versions are in the statistics on=
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lower ranks.

Because most sites monitor only the first 15 or 10 browsers, Konqueror do=
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even show up in most statistics, and with KDE .x versions coming out ever=
y=20
couple of months will never have a chance to get in. Also, with KDE becom=
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more mature, people will upgrade less often, which will make it even hard=
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for a single Konqueror-version to enter the top-10.

If Konqueror would only send the major version number ("Konqueror 3" inst=
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of "Konqueror 3.x.y") I think it will get into a lot more browser stats a=
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it will be more likely that the webmaster tests the site against Konquero=
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think it will also be more likely for Konqueror to get out of the=20
"others"-category of the big statistics-sites like=20
http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm
If you currently write to a webmaster about a problem on the site, the=20
webmaster will most likely respond (if at all) "never heard of Konqueror"=
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But if Konqueror makes it into the top-10, the webmaster at least has hea=
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of it and knows that it exists and will be more open to complaints, even =
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he doesn't have a Unix-box to run it himself.

And this would benefit all users of Konqueror.

Thanks for listening,

Roland





 
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