Re: GNOME user survey 2011 (v2)

[Felipe Contreras <felipe contreras gmail com>]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 18:35, Felipe Contreras
> <felipe contreras gmail com> wrote:
>> After going through all the feedback, here's the second version of the
>> proposed survey.
>>
>> There is a proposal to delay the survey until 3.2 is released, to try
>> to avoid some of the initial negative feedback of 3.0, I guess. If
>> this is delayed for 3.2, perhaps there could be a small piece of
>> software that pops up a notification for this, and perhaps some
>> notifications in the future.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> minor points below inline,
> Sorry if some points were already discussed in the previous long
> thread, just discard
>
>>
>> === 01. Which of the following images best resemble your desktop? ===
>> (images of various desktops)
>>
>>  * GNOME 2
>>  * GNOME 3
>>  * Unity
>>  * KDE
>>
>> === 02. Overall, how happy are you with GNOME? ===
>> (single choice)
>>
>>  * unhappy
>>  * not so happy
>>  * happy
>>  * very happy
>>  * completely ecstatic
>
> I would merge the two last ones, so positive and negative are
> balanced, and so there is no middle choice:
>
>  * unhappy
>  * not so happy
>  * happy
>  * completely happy

That's fine by me, but I think it doesn't have a bigger spectrum.

>> === 03. Which GNOME version(s) are you using? ===
>> (multiple choice, with other)
>>
>>  + 3.2
>>  + 3.0
>>  + 2.20 - 2.32
>>  + 2.10 - 2.19
>>  + 2.0 - 2.9
>>  + pre 2.0
>
> I would merge the above into:
> + 3.2
> + 3.0
> + 2.x

Also fine by me.

>>  + not using it currently
>>
>>  + other, please specify
>>
>> === 04. How long have you been using GNOME? (years) ===
>> (numeric)
>>
>> === 05. How do you compare your current GNOME version with the version
>> from one year ago? ===
>> (single choice)
>>
>>  * better
>>  * no changes
>>  * worse
>>
>>  * cannot say
>
> assuming some persons answering may not use GNOME 3, wouldn't the
> results of this question be difficult to sort out? No?

I don't see how. Either they will answer "cannot say", or they would
answer something that should be taken with a grain of salt.
Fortunately those users would be identified.

>> === 06. Does GNOME do what you want? ===
>> (single choice)
>>
>>  * Everything
>>  * Mostly
>>  * Somewhat
>>  * Barely
>>  * Not at all
>>
>> === 07. How happy are you with GNOME in regards to ==
>> (matrix)
>>
>>  Columns: unhappy / not so happy / happy / very happy / completely ecstatic
>
> about the columns, same remark as above.
>
>>  + ease of use
>>  + documentation
>>  + language availability
>>  + accessibility
>
> + distraction free

I don't think that's category broad enough.

>> === 08. Which other desktop environments have you used in recent years? ==
>> (multiple choice, with other)
>>
>>  + KDE
>>  + Unity
>>  + XFCE
>>  + LXDE
>>  + Enlightenment
>>
>>  + other (please specify)
>>
>> === 09. How often do you use terminal/console? ==
>>
>>  * What is that?
>
> I would clarify into:
> * I don't know what it is
> * I never use it
>
>>  * When I have no other option
>
> I think it is missing this category :
> * regularly for specific tasks

Maybe. The purpose of this question wasn't to accurately identify the
way they use the terminal, but just to get a feeling if they are geeks
or not.

>>  * I can't leave without them
>>  * Is there anything else?
>>
>> === 10. Does GNOME include code or documentation by you? ===
>
> or "any contribution by you"?
> I think there's more than just code and doc in GNOME.

Actually I forgot to update this one:
Does GNOME include contributions by you?

>> (single choice)
>>
>>  * Yes
>>  * No
>>
>> === 11. Have you contacted the GNOME team? ===
>>
>>  * Yes, successfuly
>
> s/fuly/fully/ ?

True.

>>  * No, I don't know how
>>  * No, never had the need
>>
>> === 12. If you could change three things in GNOME what would they be? ===
>> (free form)
>>
>> === 13. Do you have any comments or suggestions for the GNOME team? ===
>> (free form)

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras