GVU's Fifth WWW User Survey Usage Graphs

Frequency of Using WWW Browser to Replace other Internet Interfaces

Notes:

Respondents frequently use their WWW browsers to replace other Internet interfaces (i.e. the use their browser to access FTP, Gopher, WAIS, etc.). 24.0% reported using it for this purpose at least once a day, and 19.8% at least once a week.

Respondents from Europe use their WWW browsers for this purpose less frequently than do respondents from the US.

Notes:

More females than males were unsure of whether they were using their WWW browser to replace other Internet interfaces.

Notes:

There is no clear relationship between age and this use of WWW browsers.

Table of Data for All Categories

replace All Male Female USA Europe 19-25 26-50 50+

A few times 883
13.34%
569
13.78%
207
12.01%
578
13.13%
89
15.08%
178
13.68%
473
13.12%
77
15.31%

Don't know 1256
18.98%
615
14.89%
477
27.67%
829
18.83%
85
14.41%
191
14.68%
670
18.59%
129
25.65%

Never 821
12.40%
440
10.65%
250
14.50%
498
11.31%
66
11.19%
162
12.45%
405
11.23%
57
11.33%

Once per day 381
5.76%
265
6.42%
70
4.06%
254
5.77%
34
5.76%
81
6.23%
214
5.94%
19
3.78%

Once per month 163
2.46%
106
2.57%
40
2.32%
111
2.52%
10
1.69%
37
2.84%
98
2.72%
4
0.80%

Once per week 259
3.91%
177
4.29%
43
2.49%
153
3.47%
32
5.42%
63
4.84%
127
3.52%
12
2.39%

Several times per day 1205
18.21%
814
19.71%
276
16.01%
861
19.55%
89
15.08%
261
20.06%
675
18.72%
82
16.30%

Several times per month 599
9.05%
406
9.83%
138
8.00%
415
9.43%
67
11.36%
108
8.30%
360
9.99%
34
6.76%

Several times per week 1052
15.89%
738
17.87%
223
12.94%
704
15.99%
118
20.00%
220
16.91%
583
16.17%
89
17.69%

For more information or to submit comments:
send e-mail to www-survey@cc.gatech.edu.
GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280