Comments on: Browserstats - reliable? http://dionaea.com/blog/archives/2006/01/16/browserstats-reliable/ My thoughts and whatever about random topics. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Svein KÃ¥re http://dionaea.com/blog/archives/2006/01/16/browserstats-reliable/#comment-898 Svein KÃ¥re Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:22:19 +0000 http://dionaea.com/blog/?p=144#comment-898 Opera <em>does</em> present itself as IE by default, to be able to get past badly written browser checks. Admittedly not completely, as it's possible to see that it's Opera - but there is also another mode, where Opera can be disguised completely, as either IE or Netscape. This is rarely used though, and most statistics software does manage to figure out when Opera is used, when it's going be the default disguise. Still, there are other other possibilities that may cause Opera to be somewhat undercounted (like the aggressive cache) but how big role these possibilities play, I guess it's impossible to know. But I do wonder if the situation share some similarities as with the "Speeder" in the example over... Opera does present itself as IE by default, to be able to get past badly written browser checks. Admittedly not completely, as it’s possible to see that it’s Opera - but there is also another mode, where Opera can be disguised completely, as either IE or Netscape. This is rarely used though, and most statistics software does manage to figure out when Opera is used, when it’s going be the default disguise.

Still, there are other other possibilities that may cause Opera to be somewhat undercounted (like the aggressive cache) but how big role these possibilities play, I guess it’s impossible to know.

But I do wonder if the situation share some similarities as with the “Speeder” in the example over…

]]> By: Thomas http://dionaea.com/blog/archives/2006/01/16/browserstats-reliable/#comment-897 Thomas Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:18:25 +0000 http://dionaea.com/blog/?p=144#comment-897 Interesting questions. Another thing to consider is that Opera can present itself as another browser, for example, mine is impersonating IE. Correct me if I'm wrong. Interesting questions. Another thing to consider is that Opera can present itself as another browser, for example, mine is impersonating IE. Correct me if I’m wrong.

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