Only 40% Left!!!

Posted on 31. Jul, 2008 by loswhit in Web/Tech

I got this email earlier today…

I want to read your blog. Really, I do. However, I am 50, waaaaay above the average age of your reader. I think.

Please please please ditch the bright green, brother. Can’t read it. Even with my old-lady glasses.

God bless you.

Ragamuffin Reader in Charlotte

This got me thinking about you poor IE web surfers.
A year or so ago 50% of my readers were using Internet Explorer to read RagamuffinSoul.
Now that number has dropped to 10%.
If you are reading this in Internet Explorer then you are probably seeing a grey background and all the links are hard to read in their current lime green color.
Seeing that I am not the web building guru that some of you are I have no idea how to fix this problem in IE except to tell you to SWITCH to Firefox.
It’s better for the environment.
And seriously, I’m trying to fix this problem.

What browser are you using to read this post?
Los

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Nick

31. Jul, 2008

The problem is that your stylesheet (http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/wp-content/themes/wp-polaroid/style.css) uses .png images for the background of the center part of the site. IE 5.5+ doesn’t support PNGs. If you change these to GIF, problem solved. Also, I think the newest version of the Polaroid theme has a fix for this, not sure.

BTW, 71% of the readers on the internet still use some version of IE, I know it sucks and I hate it, but as a web designer, I have to patronize them. Fight the man, download Firefox TODAY!
Kevin

31. Jul, 2008

Flock http://flock.com/

No problems…
LorelaiCC aka C.C. Almon

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0.1
hr

31. Jul, 2008

firefox at home, but IE at work :\
i mean… i don’t read blogs at work…. um…
Loran

31. Jul, 2008

IE 7.0
elizabeth

31. Jul, 2008

i have to use ie @ work, i don’t have a choice! but at home i use camino.
CJ Mills

31. Jul, 2008

FF baby!
Lindsay Best

31. Jul, 2008

I’m like hr…IE @ work…but who reads blogs at work?…not me…I’m WORKING…

…but I use Google Reader unless I am adding a comment, so I don’t come to the site daily…
Annalise

31. Jul, 2008

Opera 9.51 :]
I use Safari sometimes, but your page loads much faster on Opera.
tricia

31. Jul, 2008

IE…
LeAnn

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox…I have no idea which version.
boyd Bettis

31. Jul, 2008

safari via my iPhone
Firfox via my macbook pro
Heather

31. Jul, 2008

FIREFOX 3.0.1
ally simpson

31. Jul, 2008

safari

in my humble irish opinion, firefox sucks like a giant hoover
JudiFree

31. Jul, 2008

Your site always looks the same on all browers I use: work: IE7, Home: Safari, Now: FireFox….all the same!
Cindi

31. Jul, 2008

IE 7
natedavidscott

31. Jul, 2008

firefox all around. and i love the lime-green
Blake Wingo

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox most of the time, Safari occasionally.
Christopher

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0 and 3.1 Alpha. Safari on the Iphone and I am working on translating your feed to a telegraph so I can dit dot dash. A-Ha! See this is why I keep coming back. I am going to build a telegraph interface for twitter. This will be 10x cooler than my voice to twitter hack.

Mr. W, you inspire me.
Christopher

31. Jul, 2008

Oh yeah an IE7 looks fine. Not sure what the issue is but email me if you have any design questions.

Christopher
Jesse

31. Jul, 2008

I read in firefox. But, Los, it’s really 41% reading it in IE. (oh, does IE 7 fix the bug?)
amy sanders

31. Jul, 2008

firefox and safari
Keith

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0.1
How can anybody stand to use IE anymore…
Oh, wait, I’m typing on a Mac. Doesn’t everybody have a Mac now?
Jeff

31. Jul, 2008

I use Safari and the site looks great!
Mud Puppy

31. Jul, 2008

I’m a Safari holdout. It’s been treating me well so far…
Ed

31. Jul, 2008

I just grab the feed with Google reader
Dean

31. Jul, 2008

IE 7. It looks like you actually have 41.3% of your readers using it. Combined IE4, IE6 & IE7 stats.
dub

31. Jul, 2008

For those of you who “don’t” read blogs at work and IE is the only browser on your workstation, there is a way to run FireFox without installing it, that is if you can use a USB thumb drive.

Download the PortableApps Suite at http://www.portableapps.com, which should include Firefox portable. You can launch and run FF from your thumbdrive, and you can easily copy your settings, plugins and extensions from your FF profile on your personal PC.

Your work network probably uses a proxy server, so you will need the connection info to put into Portable Firefox.

BTW it is free. And although I am singing the praises of portable apps, I am in no way personally affiliated.

Peace
FireMom

31. Jul, 2008

To be honest? I’m using FireFox 3.0.1 and the green is still somewhat hard for me to see in general. I must be older than I thought.
Paul J.

31. Jul, 2008

Mac users…come to Camino…
Read Scott

31. Jul, 2008

Fluid SSB
lea ann

31. Jul, 2008

IE 7 something or other.

I should switch to firefox at home. if I knew what firefox was, that is.
Steve

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox on linux and mac; safari on iPhone.
Stephanie K.

31. Jul, 2008

If I decided to visit the site or comment, then I use firefox, but I’m mostly an RSS feed girl as well.
Jake

31. Jul, 2008

IE v6.0 at work >:|
I agree. I hate reading the lime-green over gray on IE.

Safari on the iPhone

Firefox on the MBP
Chris Meirose

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0.1 I left IE when the first Firefox hit the net and haven’t looked back.

Big Chris
http://wasecachurch.org
Blair Andress

31. Jul, 2008

Safari 3.1.2
James

31. Jul, 2008

I was about to break the good news to you that you actually have 41.3% of your readership using IE, but I see someone already did that. So I won’t say anything along those lines whatsoever.

I’m a hybrid user - FF and Safari.
Joe Louthan

31. Jul, 2008

I can’t get over the fact that you have 30% of your readers still using IE7 and 10% still IE6.

Why? Seriously? Why?

Pure madness.
Crystal Renaud

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox
Darley

31. Jul, 2008

Bless you! You just saved my squinting eyes:) I just thought it was a Mac thing since we are still old school around here. Soon…very soon! Still leading worship this Sunday? m
Kevin M.

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox. Made the switch about 6 months ago and loving it!
Erica Foster

31. Jul, 2008

Flock…easy to navigate and subscribe to blogs. I don’t have any problems…I use firefox too sometimes. It’s good too.
nickhoss

31. Jul, 2008

Fire-the-Fox
Ben

31. Jul, 2008

Interesting stats. I don’t see Fx 3.x included in the results, and yet several people have mentioned using it. Maybe most Fx 3 users are reading via an RSS reader?
fay

31. Jul, 2008

IE, cuz I’m at work and can’t download firefox plug-ins when there’s video here. otherwise, firefox/safari at home.
Robert

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0.1
Sarah at themommylogues

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 2 — mental note — upgrade to 3 today.
Rich S.

31. Jul, 2008

FireFox 3.0.1 for me. Jumped ship on IE years ago…and I use Thunderbird for my email, too.
tabitha

31. Jul, 2008

Iceweasel.
chris

31. Jul, 2008

how come the title now says “only 40%” and like 30 minutes ago it said “only 10%”?
Tim Gabbard

31. Jul, 2008

Flock, check it.
nooc

31. Jul, 2008

I just read the feed in Bloglines, which is a whole other level of ugliness, but the green looks fine in my IE7. I found a lot of legibility issues stem more from the monitor/screen rather than the browser. And it does have to do with the age of the eyes sometimes. A change in screen resolution or using the browser’s text size feature might help there.
Reese

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0.1 here. Also looks good in Opera!
Amy

31. Jul, 2008

I’m using eternet explorer. And most people I know use that or linux.
Sully

31. Jul, 2008

FIREFOX 3.0.1
It’s the only way to go. And I use to be a hard-core Safari user.
Jared

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 3.0.2
Nick

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox everywhere!
Jesus freed me from the burden of IE anything about a year ago and I have not turned back sense. Oh how I love Jesus!
Billy Chia

31. Jul, 2008

Internet Explorer 5.0

Funny enough, I never use this computer to get online so I haven’t been motivated to install a real browser on it. The one day I do get online with this relic I was on twitter and clicked through to your blog.

Yeah this looks terrible.

So glad I use Firefox 3 on every other computer I have.
stephen

31. Jul, 2008

Safari/Firefox depending on my mood.
Jinx

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox…too lazy to check what version.
brian crisman

31. Jul, 2008

Safari on my new MacBook Pro
Chelsea

31. Jul, 2008

IE, but I can read everything just fine.
Safari on the Mac in the other room.
Stacy

31. Jul, 2008

Flock

I love it!!! Very user friendly.
jill

31. Jul, 2008

Safari. I think Firefox has something personal against me.
Blake

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox, though occasionally Safari. But either of those or Opera is TONS better than IE.

Hey, I wondered when you were going to move up to Mint? http://www.haveamint.com As a stats program, it’s TONS better than sitemeter
Brooke

31. Jul, 2008

Internet explorer….what is so great about firefox? yes the background is grey and the links are green…is that not what everyone else sees? lol
Amy

31. Jul, 2008

safari!!
carie

31. Jul, 2008

I use Safari. I see a white background, with lime-greenish titles. I still find them hard to read.
mrsDeb

31. Jul, 2008

IE…
Rachel

31. Jul, 2008

The Fox that is Fiery.

[Firefox]
Lesli

31. Jul, 2008

Safari…
Christopher

31. Jul, 2008

Mr. W.,

I took a look at your problem and I am emailing you the fix for your IE issue.

- Christopher
lorijo

31. Jul, 2008

firefox baby!
Kristi

31. Jul, 2008

Google Reader, unless commenting. Then it’s Firefox 3.0.1.
Brad Metzger

31. Jul, 2008

Not gonna change my entire lifestyle just cuz you can’t fix your blog. lol. I done told ya already.
Jason C

31. Jul, 2008

You said the IE users had dropped to 10%. That is not exactly right. IE 6 users are 10%, but IE 7 users are over 30%, so basically you have over 40% still using IE in some form. I’m using FF 3 having been on IE 7 for a long time.
Kim @ Forever Daisies

31. Jul, 2008

I usually use Firefox, however now and then safari.
Renee Garcia

31. Jul, 2008

Internet explorer… and sometimes my iPod.
Vicki S.

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox Rocks! Anytime I have to use Explorer I come very close to using curse words.
Ryan

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox of course. And on a Mac of course, which somehow makes all the difference.
Katy

31. Jul, 2008

Safari Firefox Unless it’s right before work then it’s Mozilla Firefox–silly work hasn’t switched to Macs yet.
Kent Kingery

31. Jul, 2008

IE7 on my Windows machines. Firefox 2 on my Macs.
tunz

31. Jul, 2008

FF 3.0.1

I had some issues with Flock, anyone else have problems? Never heard of Camino, may have to check it out. Is that Cuil with you?
Adam

31. Jul, 2008

Firefox 2 on my iMac. Works great. Firefox 3 on my work machine (Power Mac) is even snappier.
Anna

31. Jul, 2008

I’m still stubbornly hanging onto my IE…
opstyle

31. Jul, 2008

safari on my iPod touch…..
Linds

31. Jul, 2008

IE
Annie

01. Aug, 2008

Firefox, and I guess I’m older than I thought, because - although I like the green, it is a bit hard to read sometimes.
Carole Turner

01. Aug, 2008

I HATE FireFox!! It doesn’t even look right!
Rick

01. Aug, 2008

FF3
Adam

01. Aug, 2008

Safari.. and sometimes Firefox..
depends on my mood.
Simone Widney

01. Aug, 2008

Safari
Deemus

04. Aug, 2008

Mozilla 5.0

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