[Info-vax] : Re: : Re: OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 30-12-2009 11:38, Paul Sture wrote:
> In article<hhdnij$jah$1 at posting2.glorb.com>,
>   Art Wiens<awiens at canwest.com>  wrote:
>
>> I think the stats are from their site(s):
>>
>> "W3Schools is the largest WEB DEVELOPERS SITE on the Internet."
>>
>> http://www.w3schools.com/about/about_pagehits.asp
>>
>> and then it says:
>>
>> "Source: Google Analytics"
>>
>> Did Tim intend the Internet to be all-Google all the time?
>
> I believe that Google Analytics only works for Java enabled browsers.

I assume that you mean JavaScript enabled.

Sounds very likely since Google is very much into AJAX,

> Quite apart from those of us who prefer to run without JS enabled for
> technical reasons, my experience with my recently retired iBook
> indicates that many with older systems might well turn it off because
> their systems don't have enough steam to cope with Ajax heavy sites (or
> simply want to disable intrusive adverts).

The last statistics I saw said that >99.9% of users of search
engines had JavaScript support.

JavaScript is just a given today.

Arne