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I am a bit concerned about some information that I found in my logs. Using http-analyze 2.4 (registered) I am finding that all my traffic is using the Mozilla browser.
Internet Explorer, or IE, is not even listed in the log. I find this extremely unusual since I check my site in IE, first. I have all of the script problem warnings turned on in IE to warn me of any problems, as well, so that there shouldn't be any problems with scripts (especially in IE).
I do check the site out with Moz (Mozilla 1.3 and Netscape 4.8) next, but there are some tiny problems with Netscape 4 which doesn't support cell backgrounds correctly.
According to my stats:
Mozilla/4.*
Mozilla/5.*
Mozilla/3.*
Mozilla/2.*
-show up in that order.
The next browser that shows is Opera and Avant Browser.
IE is literally not listed at all.
That's why I know something has to be wrong. I cruise my site with IE and it is not listed in the browser traffic. I have bots listed, but not Internet Explorer.
Is something wrong with http-analyze 2.4 or am I just getting geek/developer traffic now, or something? Or is IE reporting itself as some version of Moz?
Traffic has increased 4 fold for this month since December of last year and the month isn't over, yet.
Not alarmed, just very curious. :-)
-DP
Or is IE reporting itself as some version of Moz?
Don't panic, the IE identifier starts with "Mozilla 4.0" in the string - you have to parse for "MSIE" to identify it. The reason? When Netscape ruled the web, and IE was a new entrant, it identified itself as Mozilla compatible to avoid problems with over-zealous browser-sniffing. Although IE is now dominant, it still has Mozilla in the string.
Your stats package, if it doesn't properly parse for "MSIE", can be considered broken - as you say that Mozilla 4 is the most popular, you can assume you are getting mostly visits using IE.
Hope this helps!
-DP
