Re: Volunteers to test on 10.2
Re: Volunteers to test on 10.2
- Subject: Re: Volunteers to test on 10.2
- From: Conor Dearden <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:57:24 +0100
Andrew,
I think you might be interpreting the data your getting wrong, I did not
find an explanation on how you came up with the numbers except the fact that
you are using the server logs on your version file. How do you determining
uniqueness? Your stats should look something like this ~10% of the
downloads are backups. ~25% are installations on a second computer inside
the same home or office (IP address). ~20% are re-installations on the same
computer.
Interpolating from those stats to your setup, there should be a 55% of
downloads that would be unaccounted for. Assuming your app checks
periodically the version file and not only on the first startup, you would
not be able to tell apart any of the above cases. They would look like old
users running your program even though they just did a new download and
installation.
As Scott pointed the stats depend on your audience and the kind of app. It's
not the numbers that matter, this was just an example. Take another look
back at your stats and the logic that gave you 50%. You are the only one
with the knowledge to figure out if that 50% really represents unique
downloads on separate machines that never got launched.
Conor
On 15/11/05 5:39 AM, "email@hidden"
<email@hidden> wrote:
> I guess we are talking about x% who do download and not run, x% on
> 10.2/classic/windows, x% behind firewall, x% crash on startup but never
> bother to tell us (we've had no reports of that at all, and its a
> pretty simple app so I doubt that number is high)
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