Comments on: Google Analytics Just Got Worse

By: HoboBen

HoboBen — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:48:20 +0000

If just a few visual tweaks is all you need, how about a Firefox extension like Greasemonkey?
http://www.greasespot.net/

If that one is no good, I’m sure that there’s several other ways of doing the same job in Firefox.

If you use the Opera browser, you can scale pages in/out, which resizes images too (Firefox Ctrl+Plus/Minus only resizes text). That might be another good option, and there are Firefox extensions which can emulate the same behaviour too.

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:05:03 +0000

Yeh… I admit that the customization is now better than earlier, but the “too big images/font” kind of annoys a bit. Have to get used to it though..

By: Sharpfish

Sharpfish — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:22:43 +0000

Maybe it is just because it’s new and will take getting used to, but for the moment I agree. It takes up too much space and seems slower. I’ve been sticking to the old interface hoping it wouldn’t dissapear too soon but now I hear it is I guess i’m gonna have to bite the bullet and learn to love the new one. ;)

And to the guy who mentioned static counter, that’s a different kind of thing to analytics… lots of sites have their own hit counter for quick reference but analytics is a far more in depth tool and should be use as well as not instead of a regular traffic counter imo :)

By: Videogame Biscuit

Videogame Biscuit — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:36:02 +0000

I also liked the old interface better, but Google Analytics is still my weapon of choice when it comes to tracking site traffic.

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:08:24 +0000

Maybe it would be more accurate to say “Some portions of Google Analytics got worse in my opinion” ;-)

Anyway I do believe “Don’t complain” may apply here (just to rub it in some more)

By: HoboBen

HoboBen — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:48:48 +0000

Because (or at least I think it is) Google Analytics is done by including JavaScript, many people will just have it blocked, either because JavaScript is turned off for external websites, or because of Firefox extensions like AdBlock Plus. Plus, it takes a while to load. I always notice my browser hanging on Google Analytics when I’ve not blocked it.

Perhaps you might find server-side statistics are both better, and also more customisable too if you’re willing to just edit the CSS stylesheets that the software is using.

A quick Google gave me this, which looks quite nice:
http://wettone.com/code/slimstat

It looks easy to use too – just upload, and add one line of code to your webpage. Maybe it’d be a good alternative?

Either way, cheers :-)
- Hobo.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:25:20 +0000

I think you’ll find you’re in the minority in disliking the new interface. The general consensus amongst web developers (and I’ve read a lot of reviews in the past few weeks) is that it’s far better than the old version, and IMO it is.

It’s much easier to find the information you want to find now and for me that’s the most important thing.

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:37:50 +0000

Well, the biggest problems I have with the new interface are about “use of space”. As I said, the font could be smaller, and some UI glitches I already mentioned.

By: Nabil

Nabil — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:52:24 +0000

I’ve gotta say, I much prefer the new interface. I find it singificantly easier and more intuitive to navigate to the data I want. I’d hardly call it perfect, but I do think it’s a marked improvement.

Just goes to show, you can please some of the people some of the time…

By: Fun Game Videos

Fun Game Videos — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:12:07 +0000

Another bad thing – their performance went worse… and also GA does not register all the visitors… My AWStats package shows x2-x3 amount of visits…