Comments on: Vista Users Enjoy the Web on Weekends http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/ When in doubt, sample it out... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jake Munson http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-641 Jake Munson Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:36:02 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-641 I was thinking the same thing as you guys, about the corporate user angle. But if that's the case, wouldn't Vista usage increase on the weekends? I think that's definitely a factor, but there must be something else at work here, because Firefox/Vista usage does decrease, just not as much as the other OSes. But the decrease means that there are more Vista Fx users on the weekdays than during the weekends. I was thinking the same thing as you guys, about the corporate user angle. But if that’s the case, wouldn’t Vista usage increase on the weekends? I think that’s definitely a factor, but there must be something else at work here, because Firefox/Vista usage does decrease, just not as much as the other OSes. But the decrease means that there are more Vista Fx users on the weekdays than during the weekends.

]]> By: Wladimir Palant http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-494 Wladimir Palant Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:27:21 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-494 Yes, obviously companies are very slow to adopt Vista meaning that most corporate users still use XP. So Vista is mostly used on home computers, and those are used on weekends as well. More interesting fact is the Mac percentage. Does it mean that most people use Macs at work whereas the percentage of Mac OS on home computers is comparably low? Yes, obviously companies are very slow to adopt Vista meaning that most corporate users still use XP. So Vista is mostly used on home computers, and those are used on weekends as well.

More interesting fact is the Mac percentage. Does it mean that most people use Macs at work whereas the percentage of Mac OS on home computers is comparably low?

]]> By: monk.e.boy http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-493 monk.e.boy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:39:01 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-493 XP = work (eBay, amazon.co.uk etc..) Vista = new laptops and home PCs Vista is also going to be used by people who are interested in the Web and computers, so mySpacers facebookers etc will have upgraded to Vista and will use it more often than 2-3 year old PCs that mom and dad use in the evenings. stats = fun :-) monk.e.boy XP = work (eBay, amazon.co.uk etc..)

Vista = new laptops and home PCs

Vista is also going to be used by people who are interested in the Web and computers, so mySpacers facebookers etc will have upgraded to Vista and will use it more often than 2-3 year old PCs that mom and dad use in the evenings.

stats = fun :-)

monk.e.boy

]]> By: pascalc http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-489 pascalc Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:14:50 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-489 "Firefox users primarily use three operating systems: XP (first place by a wide margin), followed by Vista and then Mac. " I feel I have to correct a point often forgotten :) Firefox *visitors of mozilla.com* and not Firefox *users*. Most of Linux users do not download firefox from mozilla.com nor do they update through our automatic update mechanism. Firefox is installed (and updated) with their OS and the what's new page is on their distros' servers. I think there are probably more Firefox Linux users than Firefox Mac users but they don't appear in the metrics we choose to quantify. “Firefox users primarily use three operating systems: XP (first place by a wide margin), followed by Vista and then Mac. ”

I feel I have to correct a point often forgotten :)

Firefox *visitors of mozilla.com* and not Firefox *users*.

Most of Linux users do not download firefox from mozilla.com nor do they update through our automatic update mechanism. Firefox is installed (and updated) with their OS and the what’s new page is on their distros’ servers.

I think there are probably more Firefox Linux users than Firefox Mac users but they don’t appear in the metrics we choose to quantify.

]]> By: AndyEd http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-487 AndyEd Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:59:06 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2007/11/12/vista-users-enjoy-the-web-on-weekends/#comment-487 The Vista angle gives this away! Who's upgrading to Vista? Not corporate users! In general, across metrics on e-commerce sites, major search engines, etc., quantity and quality of traffic changes dramatically on the weekend. I've got a CHI submission with a data set across 7 months that demonstrates a reversal of the effect of changing the button label for "add to cart". So, bottom line: the big difference is corporate versus home users. Of course, there are also laptop users who successfully put away their computers on the weekend, and those that don't. Enthusiasts with the latest hardware are more likely to be Vista users. Pick out a sample of Comcast reverse DNS versus a random sample, and you'll likely the the same trend independent of of operating system. The Vista angle gives this away!

Who’s upgrading to Vista? Not corporate users!

In general, across metrics on e-commerce sites, major search engines, etc., quantity and quality of traffic changes dramatically on the weekend. I’ve got a CHI submission with a data set across 7 months that demonstrates a reversal of the effect of changing the button label for “add to cart”.

So, bottom line: the big difference is corporate versus home users. Of course, there are also laptop users who successfully put away their computers on the weekend, and those that don’t. Enthusiasts with the latest hardware are more likely to be Vista users.

Pick out a sample of Comcast reverse DNS versus a random sample, and you’ll likely the the same trend independent of of operating system.

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