"Browser Stats June 2011" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: web

06/03/11 05:00 - ID#54416

Browser Stats June 2011

In august, google is dropping support for IE 7

. Sadly, for a cutting edge reseach center, we are still using such outdated web technology as the default browser. No that we are special, I bet other places are just as behind. The problem stems from lazy vendors building everything to work in one browser. I hate having to build crap for IE 7 or even 8 as it severly limits what is possible compared to the more modern HTML 5 browsers. Its even worse with any non web software (which there is a ton of) and requires Win XP, an OS from 10 years ago. Imagine if we had to use cell phones from 10 years ago.

It's especially weird at my work because all new computers at come with windows 7 and IE 8. I guess they have to wait for vendor approval to upgrade the old ones? To me that just seems like a lame excuse as they have had years to resolve this and IE8 has IE7 compat mode.

Anyways thats not the point of this blog. The point is that my internet stats for estrip show that IE's total share for all versions is only 18% of viewers. I know we are a weird niche population but thats crazy considering several eyars ago it was over 80% of the visitors.

Microsoft is going down. Its about time.

Chrome on windows has the single largest share at 26% for windows and firefox on windows has 27%.

Overall Visitors % by OS/browser:
Windows OS: Firefox 27.95%, Chrome 26.59%, IE 18.58%, Safari 0.30%, Opera 1.08%
Mac OS: Safari 6.63%, Firefox 5.26%, Chrome 1.90%
Linux: Firefox 1.84%, Chrome 1.25%
Android: Android Browser 1.07%, Safari? 2.19% curiously more than iphone
iPhone: Safari 2.07%
iPad: Safari 0.84%
iPod: Safari 0.55%

In general, its still a 74.63% of visitors coming from windows world. Mac is at 13.85%, android, 3.29%, Linux 3.18%, iPhone at 2.21%, ipad 0.93%, iPod 0.61%, blackberry 0.26%, playstation 3 0.12%

tinypliny writes at 06:56:43 06/04/11 - Comment #62767: Btw, you can install chrome even if you don't have admin rights. Just sayin...

metalpeter writes at 06:27:12 06/04/11 - Comment #62760: Well what you aren't saying is that a lot of it going down is from you and I like that....Let me explain....

If you have a mac from what I understand you have Safari or if you have itunes on your computer you get it with that also....

I remember that you said at some point the way the website was set up firefox was the best for it... So I went with firefox or atleast for here... Guessing a lot of other people did as well.... I would come on here with IE and it just wouldn't work right sometimes I would log in and not be able to log out.... Somehow my firefox became really bad guessing that some of those programs you can ad is what messed it up but not sure....

I love the ads for chrome by the way if I had gmail then maybe I could do all the stuff in both ads I've seen on TV yes one of them was for the itgetsbetter videos on youtube... Then you went with chrome and instead of doing the upload thing you can do the drag and drop for pictures that is awesome!!!

Some sites support some browsers and not others based on whom ever makes them...No idea how they decide that.

What you said about IE and a lot of people using that is true... I think one of the issues is at work... For example where I work if I go onto facebook not sure if that is really ok but IE ain't so great and zombie pets takes forever... But it is a work computer so I don't think I can just go download chrome... I'm guessing there are a lot of people like that.... You have to remember you are a computer person. I think most people who go out and buy one don't know (I know I sure don't) about all the different ways to go on the web and why..... So they use what they have....

So I just want to say thank you......

tinypliny writes at 08:04:20 06/03/11 - Comment #62728: I don't browse the internet too much from linux laptop... maybe I should. Its a speed machine.

Chrome is the future of browsers!

Permalink: Browser_Stats_June_2011.html
Words: 303
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/03/11 05:00

Category: linwood

06/03/11 04:02 - ID#54415

The backyard in Summer

It gets better every year. I realized just how much I love our rustic backyard in the middle of the city during our BBQ party last night.

This is the same party I did a one handed cartwheel while holding a full size axe and chopping wood as dared by (e:Mike). I wonder if the dare had to do with his name on my insurance policy. The axe provided a lot of entertainment. (E:samathon1986) hit one log straight in half with the ax. So did (e:Terry)'s friend pat.

Partway through the party the grill died. Seemed like a disaster. Then I took over the grill and it worked leading to some pretty delicious grilled shrimp and pineapple.

Permalink: The_backyard_in_Summer.html
Words: 132
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/03/11 04:12

Category: people

06/03/11 02:52 - ID#54414

Dear Annoying Nameless

I spent like 10 hours deleting you from my life. I would have responded to your messages but you had deleted your email out.

As requested, I removed your name anywhere I ever mentioned you, I deleted your freaking account as requested after you deleted all of your journals. I also asked the two other people that used your first name to remove it. I even blurred your face out of photos that had other people in them.

Anything else remaining on the internet is your problem - the google cache should clean up over time, although I can't speak for anything people posted elsewhere or cached elsewhere. e.g. what the people that you said already found out about your "scandalous past" have done with the "incriminating photos," lol. I can't even believe you think drinking a beer in a low cut hoodie showing cleavage is scandalous. I don't envy you having to live up to the puritanical expectation of having a completely vanilla past when you were in college.

I wish you the great success keeping your future as sanitized as your past. Please don't ever talk to me again.

tinypliny writes at 11:22:40 06/05/11 - Comment #62789: (e:imk2), I miss you!

paul writes at 11:12:06 06/05/11 - Comment #62788: It definately was no (e:imk2). If it was you I would imagine you complaining that I didn't have enough scandalous photos of you, lol.

metalpeter writes at 11:05:23 06/05/11 - Comment #62787: When I first read this I was like if it is IMK2 I'm getting a passport to go find her....HA.... I won't say the name other then to say it isn't carey and she stayed in the (e:pmt) house hold for some time...

Not to pick sides but I think for some reason she had concerns about (e:strip) and who saw her but not on other social networking sites but not sure.... She does have a right to privacy.... But you don't need to delete anything you just put all the posts to private aka unseen and unless you are the one running the site or gets access to it you are fine........

imk2 writes at 10:53:28 06/05/11 - Comment #62786: OMG! it wasn't me, i swear, lol

lilho writes at 12:14:35 06/04/11 - Comment #62742: what?!!!!!!!!

matthew writes at 11:06:40 06/04/11 - Comment #62739: You guys should leave it alone. We all have a right to our privacy without having Paul use it for estrip ratings.

mike writes at 10:48:45 06/04/11 - Comment #62738: I figured it out ...search for nameless bit** but without the stars and the real letters of the word instead

leetee writes at 10:04:43 06/04/11 - Comment #62737: interesting.... i don't know how to search for blurred out pics, so i echo what (e:Mike) says -- who who who who who

mike writes at 01:25:45 06/04/11 - Comment #62736: who who who who who

metalpeter writes at 04:21:28 06/03/11 - Comment #62725: wow that is insane ....

jbeatty writes at 03:47:56 06/03/11 - Comment #62724: I have enjoyed searching for all of the posts with her face blurred out.

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Words: 191
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/03/11 04:26

06/03/11 10:49 - ID#54413

Libertad in the window

Saw this in the costumeshop window in main street. Couldn't help but think of (e:libertad).

Permalink: Libertad_in_the_window.html
Words: 18
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/03/11 10:49

Category: food

06/03/11 10:48 - ID#54412

Tabree

I want to eat at this restaurant on elmwood near Bryant. Its right next door to our yoga class and you can see their back patio outside the yoga room. Has anyone been there?

Permalink: Tabree.html
Words: 36
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/03/11 10:48

Category: thursday

06/02/11 07:47 - ID#54407

video screen at thursday in the square

Welcome to 2002 Buffalo. Its so crazy that they have the giant video screen now.

I saw my friend Liz that I grew up with. Its so weird seeing someone after such a long time. She couldn't believe I was a computer programmer and I wasn't on facebook.

Permalink: video_screen_at_thursday_in_the_square.html
Words: 49
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/03/11 01:33

Category: linux

06/01/11 12:20 - ID#54392

I love Fedora 15

I don't feel like enough people thank the Gnome 3 and Fedora team for what they do. This release is nothing but awesome. I don't care what the people who are not ready to give up gnome 2 say. The workflow of this new interface is great. It really keeps the clutter out of the way and forces me to not use my desktop like a trash can.

The effects are also much more useful than the old compiz ones for me. I never used the cube and the wobbly windows had no real purpose while the activity interface on gnome 3 is extremely useful in making getting to apps easy ,as well as, keep my interface clean. That plus just about everything can be done with the keyboard.

uncutsaniflush writes at 12:00:51 06/09/11 - Comment #62883: (e:paul) - wiping out xorg.conf dropped me down to the vesa driver. I can't remember if I reinstalled the kernel. Which probably means I didn't. Thanks I keep forgetting that they aren't drivers anymore but kernel modules. I'll try to give it a try tomorrow.

I was happy to find that Fedora had a decent e17 despite the package being an orphan. I wish I had the current skill set to maintain e17 for fedora or anyone else. but I'm more idiot than savant these days. I just don't have the time to keep up with anything. Linux was more uncomplicated ten years ago.

paul writes at 11:02:59 06/08/11 - Comment #62878: Can't you just wipeout you /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then just ctrl+alt f2 to drop out of x, killall Xorg and you are back in minus proprietary driver. You might need to reinstall the kernel and any remove any mods you added. Its been forever since I worked with ATI, not sure if that works or not, but it gets rid of my nvidia driver.

tinypliny writes at 10:46:18 06/08/11 - Comment #62876: What?? ATI radeon HD doesn't play well with Fedora 15?! Really? I am not going near this release then... I really was all set to try it this weekend. I have had enough trouble with my graphics to invite even more. :/

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:00:05 06/08/11 - Comment #62870: The heart was an oopsy. I've been living with gnome shell and fedora 15 for about a week. My major frustration is support for my ati radeonhd card. Or lack thereof. My fps is around 85 fps in Fedora. And around 1500 fps with Ubuntu.

After installing the ati catalyst module, I learned that gnome shell doesn't play well with it. I like gnome shell. I also like ubuntu's unity. It would be epic if someone made something using the best ideas from both projects.

I like gnome shell better as a usable desktop but I like the way unity manipulates windows. There are legacy buttons for old farts like me.

I think I may have to reinstall fedora 15 to get rid of my workarounds for the ati driver issue. I think too much config got changed auto magically. And not enough cofig got reverted auto magically.

tinypliny writes at 01:05:15 06/01/11 - Comment #62645: I really want to try it out... Currently, I don't have a "desktop" at all in my debian modified install so there is no concept of a trashcan. But yes, I do use the desktop as a trashcan uniformly in all my windows systems...

Permalink: I_love_Fedora_15.html
Words: 126
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/01/11 12:20

Category: work

05/31/11 11:41 - ID#54391

Work is so boring right now

I am so bored with my job right now. I am having to re-write a bunch of existing code instead of working on anything new because a vendor product purchase changed the way we store employee position information.

Just about all of the other web apps depend on my directory service JSON RPC2 API so just about everything needs to be tested again.

Sometimes its fun to revisit old code and refactor but in this case, the code was very optimized and now I am just having to re-write and test a lot, in the end nothing will seem much different, just that my life will be sucked away a little more.

Permalink: Work_is_so_boring_right_now.html
Words: 114
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 06/01/11 12:14

Category: kenmore

05/30/11 11:44 - ID#54389

Street Signs In Kenmore

(e:terry) and I were in Kenmore the other day when he commented on how large the lettering is on the new road signs there. They are at least twice the size of before. He said he thought it was perhaps due to Kenmore's aging population. I think he might be right.

Permalink: Street_Signs_In_Kenmore.html
Words: 54
Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 05/30/11 11:44

Category: body

05/30/11 11:41 - ID#54388

160 lbs

Eating more carbs is helping me put on weight. Clearly it was the food group I was lacking in most. Strangely it is addicting. I used to have a protein shake for break (banana, milk + whey protein.) Now I eat a bowl of cereal with milk and honey. Before I would not be hungry till lunch or dinner. Now I snack incessantly during the day.

I just hope I can stop before I become fat and that I didn't open Pandora box.