[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-13270) Windows 8 is not being reported in Google Analytics

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-13270?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugi... ] Andre Dietisheim edited comment on JBIDE-13270 at 12/10/12 11:43 AM: --------------------------------------------------------------------- It definitely looks like an issue in Google Analytics, not a bug on our side. We're reporting things correctly. Google Analytics is not reporting Windows 8 correctly for the moment. Windows 8 users are reported as Windows *NT 6.2*: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/38006/how-does-windows-8-ap... Windows NT 6.2 is what is set by usage and browsers in the user agent. Google Analytics then translates this into Windows names known to the public. For the full picture: (a javascript snippet that detects windows versions) {code:title=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13487856/get-specific-windows-version-by-javascript} { SubString: "Windows NT 5.1", NickName: "Windows XP" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 5.2 ", NickName: "Windows Server 2003/Windows XP x64 Edition" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.0", NickName: "Windows Vista" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.1", NickName: "Windows 7" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.2", SpecialString: "ARM", NickName: "Windows RT" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.2", NickName: "Windows 8" } {code} was (Author: adietish): It definitely looks like an issue in Google Analytics, not a bug on our side. We're reporting things correctly. Google Analytics is not reporting Windows 8 correctly for the moment. Windows 8 users are reported are reported as Windows NT 6.2: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/38006/how-does-windows-8-ap... Windows NT 6.2 is what is set by usage and browsers in the user agent. Google Analytics then translates this into Windows names known to the public. For the full picture: (a javascript snippet that detects windows versions) {code:title=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13487856/get-specific-windows-version-by-javascript} { SubString: "Windows NT 5.1", NickName: "Windows XP" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 5.2 ", NickName: "Windows Server 2003/Windows XP x64 Edition" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.0", NickName: "Windows Vista" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.1", NickName: "Windows 7" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.2", SpecialString: "ARM", NickName: "Windows RT" }, { SubString: "Windows NT 6.2", NickName: "Windows 8" } {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira