Comments on: Tab Usage Insights: Survey vs Instrumentation http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214 the internet's fast lane Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Getting to Know the TestPilot Tab Usage Data | Surf*Mind*Musings http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-340289 Getting to Know the TestPilot Tab Usage Data | Surf*Mind*Musings Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:51:47 +0000 http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214#comment-340289 [...] of users never go beyond 13 tabs. In fact, the number looks lower than that in this 50% subsample. Seven +-2 likely holds for number of tabs open for most users. There are two interesting exceptions to this rule, called [...] [...] of users never go beyond 13 tabs. In fact, the number looks lower than that in this 50% subsample. Seven +-2 likely holds for number of tabs open for most users. There are two interesting exceptions to this rule, called [...]

]]> By: CheyenneJack http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-330374 CheyenneJack Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:16:51 +0000 http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214#comment-330374 I hadn't heard of Spectator before, but definitely just went and installed it, since it makes sense for helping to make browsers better. Collecting age based upon celebrity recognition is a highly interesting way to collect demographic data. Makes me wonder if in like 50 years studies like this could be done on something entirely innocuous like Twitter names or possibly even just the recognition of websites like Twitter FaceBook MySpace vs GeoCities Friendster and AOL. I hadn’t heard of Spectator before, but definitely just went and installed it, since it makes sense for helping to make browsers better.

Collecting age based upon celebrity recognition is a highly interesting way to collect demographic data. Makes me wonder if in like 50 years studies like this could be done on something entirely innocuous like Twitter names or possibly even just the recognition of websites like Twitter FaceBook MySpace vs GeoCities Friendster and AOL.

]]> By: Dave Munger http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214&cpage=1#comment-309874 Dave Munger Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:26:31 +0000 http://surfmind.com/muzings/?p=214#comment-309874 Thanks for the commentary. We often get requests to share the Casual Friday data. We'd be happy to, but we'd prefer to be contacted directly with these requests. It doesn't make sense to just throw the data out there online -- generally it needs to be digested in order to make sense of it. Thanks for the commentary. We often get requests to share the Casual Friday data. We’d be happy to, but we’d prefer to be contacted directly with these requests. It doesn’t make sense to just throw the data out there online — generally it needs to be digested in order to make sense of it.

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