“Page views” or “Get a good browser”

The last 100 pageviews of www.joelmaust.com have been with Internet Explorer 6.0. Web designers, Mac addicts and savvy surfers alike just collectively cringed…

Firefox, people. Firefox.

I wasn’t any early adopter. I tried it for a while and then dismissed it. But I’m comparing my second ’round with it to my expectations for the second coming of Christ. It’s THAT good (almost).

Now that I’m diving head-first into Web development and learning quite a bit lately, Firefox, for its pure xhtml and css rendering and powerful plugins, has become indispensable.

And now, for some random facts about visitors to this Web site. You might find it freaky, but I find it fun:

• 61% of pages were viewed at 1024×768 resolution, 16% at 800×600 and a scant 3% were seen as I see them at 1280×1024. Others were unknown.
• Recent keyword searches that have caused people to run into this site:
  • game brakewall
  • alter bridge song sang at home run derby 2005
  • michael’s tandem skydive
  • pastor resignation letter westwinds church
  • joelmaust
  • customer support satisfactions emachines
  • god’s peace fills my soul, and god’s love saturates my whole being. god guides, prospers, and inspires me.
• Saturday, July 16th, was by far my blog’s current low point since I started keeping stats. It had only 9 page views that day. A week later, I had my second-most popular day with 70 page views. Wednesday, July 6, was my blog’s most popular day, with 81 views and 28 unique visitors.