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Interesting browser stats

Posted by: Edd Sowden, Posted on: 11 March 2013 - Categories: Data, Technology

One of the GDS design principles is 'design with data'. Front end developers need to know what the current browser landscape looks like and in which browsers they should be regularly testing new features. To help us do that, I created …

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Browser usage on GOV.UK

Posted by: Dafydd Vaughan, Posted on: 12 December 2012 - Categories: Data, GOV.UK, Technology

Earlier this year James Weiner and Ben Welby wrote about the browsers and devices that we are supporting on GOV.UK. We made these decisions using browser/device data from various sources including Directgov, BusinessLink, central government departments and several other big sites. …

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