[thelist] who has Javascript turned off?

[Chris W. Parker]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt s. [mailto:mspiegler at lightbulbpress.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 10:16 AM
> To: evolt
> Subject: [thelist] who has Javascript turned off?
>
>
> Does anyone know of actual numbers out there, along the lines of
> browser/plug-in stats, on how many users have their Javascript turned
> off? It seems like a surprisingly high number of people on this list
> have it turned off (or say they do), and I'm wondering if
> this reflects
> the population as a whole or is just particular to this community.

i rarely if ever turn off javascript. i'd say, about 0.005% of the time
i surf the intarweb do i turn off javascript.

i think there is a high number of people who surf with it off on this
list because they are technically advanced compared to grandma, bobby
the (annoying) kid that lives next door, steve (your roommate), mom, mr.
bossman, and your client.

i would say that the general population do not have javascript turned
off.

this question is actually going to be turned into something different.
something more like, "you have to decide for your project when you want
to ignore non-javascript users over javascript users."

every project is different, and so by generalizing users at a whole you
do not get an accurate sample of your audience.

but to answer your question, in my opinion the evolt community
(especially here on thelist) does not represent the population as a
whole.


hope that helps,
chris.