Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Google Web Authoring Statistics (26 Jan 2006) In addition to the almost ubiquitous use of href, around half of pages in the sample had at least one a element with a target attribute (determining whether these are mostly attempts to make links open in new windows or tabs or whether they are indicative of frames use would require further research; the first seems most likely, however, since frames in general aren't used much). A lot of pages use the title attribute on a elements, which is good. On the other hand, the high frequency of occurances of onmouseover on a elements is a little worrying; presumably those are mostly cases of the status bar being overridden. If so, the fact that there are noticeably fewer onmouseout attributes in use on a elements is probably a sign of rampant bad UI. Thankfully for users, most Web browsers these days prevent the status bar from being changed by scripts. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://code.google.com/webstats/index.html Read 36 more articles from By Special Request sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: I want to build something that grows          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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