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Re: LEGO Brick Masters Launches!
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lugnet.lego
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Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:59:39 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Mark Papenfuss wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, David Schilling wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego, Rocco J. Carello wrote:
> > > > This holds true on my personal Lego sites as well also (Land of Bricks and
> > > > PromoBricks) -- Mac is only about 5%
> > >
> > > [...]
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> > > Interesting stats. I wonder why the software distinguishes between various
> > > versions of Windows but does not distinguish between classic Mac OS and Mac OS
> > > X. I'm very surprised that the "other" category is higher than Unix.
> >
> > Is this perhaps because many people have browsers (or have set up their
> > browsers) to not reveal what OS or computer they are using?
> >
> > --
> > David Schilling
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> I know in some of the less-popular browsers you can set them to show up as IE,
> or some other client. But I do not think that would effect the OS, But am not
> positive either way.
I'm positive, and here is a picture of the User Agent menu in Safari v1.2.3:
http://homepage.mac.com/rogue27/link_images/user_agent.pdf
Similar functionality exists in just about any browser that is not MSIE for
Windows.
> If a computer was set up to hide the OS I would asume it
> would not register as Windows or anything else.
Actually, there is a good chance it will show up as Windows, because MSIE for
Windows is the only user agent setting that is likely to ever be needed for
compatibility purposes.
> But even if a good number of Mac users did somehow cloak thier settings - it is
> still an very small percentage of the market. And Lego is a profit-driven
> company. As pointed out elsewhere in this thread it would not make much sense
> profit-wise for them to spend much money going after such a small market
> percentage.
It doesn't have to cost much money if it's done correctly. There is no reason
for LDD to not be simultaneously developed and available for Windows, Macintosh,
and Unix systems except for a programming team that can't see outside whatever
box they are in. Are those the types of people who should be working for a
company that sells creative products?
No.
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