We see popularity polls for things like browsers and operating systems every once in a while. It's rarer, but iirc we've also polled for computer architecture. This is great and all, but Slashdot's site admins have access to the ground truth for its readership and I'd love to see how that compares to what the polls say.
For example, I think there are a lot of idealists out there. In an OS poll, I expect GNU/Linux/BSD to be over-represented and the reality to contain a lot more Windows. For browsers, I predi
The issue in inspecting logs is that while I regularly use 4 or 5 different browsers on 3 different OSs, I only peruse/. from one particular machine and one particular browser.
Other problem with logs - some browsers lie. Vivaldi identifies as Chrome. Opera mobile can identify as a desktop version (Useful if you have a tablet and don't want to see some website's crippled mobile page.) And there are now phones that run Linux, or Chromebooks that run Android apps. Logs are probably complete nonsense.
Slashdot logs hold the truth. Editors please share (Score:5, Insightful)
We see popularity polls for things like browsers and operating systems every once in a while. It's rarer, but iirc we've also polled for computer architecture. This is great and all, but Slashdot's site admins have access to the ground truth for its readership and I'd love to see how that compares to what the polls say.
For example, I think there are a lot of idealists out there. In an OS poll, I expect GNU/Linux/BSD to be over-represented and the reality to contain a lot more Windows. For browsers, I predi
Re:Slashdot logs hold the truth. Editors please sh (Score:3)
The issue in inspecting logs is that while I regularly use 4 or 5 different browsers on 3 different OSs, I only peruse /. from one particular machine and one particular browser.
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