The old guard (people who have been around for many years) represent about 1/5th of the respondants with veternas (people who have been around over a year but less than 3 years) making up the rest.

The reason for the explosion in new users and activity is open to debate.

My personal opinion is that every person who gets Windows XP from Windows ME/98 suddenly finds that all these customizing programs suddenly work really well for them and that they can then mold Windows into the design they want.

What's your view?