Sorry, I somehow sent this reply only to Victor, so now I'm forwarding it to the list, since that's what I meant in the first place.

Apologies, brynn

-------------------------------------------------- From: "Brynn" <brynn@...3133...> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 10:54 PM To: "Victor Westmann" <victor.westmann@...400...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Survey

Hi Victor, I'll be glad to change a few things which I'm clear about. But a few of my questions are things I really don't understand. Especially for lines 27 and 30, I'm not sure if you want to ask about tools in the main toolbar or general features. But most importantly, I don't understand composing/compiling a survey without having some purpose for the survey. I mean, it makes sense to have some understanding of the user base, but it seems backwards to make a survey and then come up with a reason for it later. You must have some reason to have brought up this idea? Plus I'm looking at it from the point of view of convincing users to take the time to fill out a survey. If all I can say is "please fill it out, just because", they won't be very motivated. But if you can tell them it has some purpose, you'll be more likely to get a response. Theoretically, we already have a means for users to make requests and report issues (Launchpad). So using the survey for those 2 reasons won't fly very far. Deciding about the future development? Well, not to my understanding. As far as I understand, future development is guided primarily by the developers who do the work. And again, performing a survey first, and finding a reason for it 2nd, seems backwards. So I remain puzzled....

All best, brynn __________________________________________________

From: Victor Westmann Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 8:42 PM To: Brynn Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Survey

Hi brynn Thanks for your comments. Feel free to change the survey in order to improve it. I agree with all of your observations so far. Thanks.

On Nov 21, 2016 6:34 PM, "Brynn" <brynn@...3133...> wrote:

Several comments and questions:

For the question on line 9, how is "Personal" different from "Hobbyist"?

For the question on line 24, would lack of a theme really prevent someone from using Inkscape?

The question on line 27 might be confusing. Do you mean which tool out of the 20 in the main toolbar? Or does it mean "features" more than "tools"? Also, that seems like an odd way of wording the question. Maybe I don't understand it?

I don't understand the question on line 30. What is meant by "Features", "Usability", "Themes", "Ease of Use", etc.? Also, isn't "usability" and "ease of use" the same thing? (whatever they are?)

I wonder if asking Inkscape users how to fix something will be productive? Only users who either are already developers, or have sufficient coding skills would be able to answer. Right?

For the question on line 36, what is your purpose for asking about those 6 things, and not any number of other abilities of Inkscape?

Since part of your stated purpose is to learn "how much are they involved with the project (software and community)", I wonder if you might want to ask which part or parts of the community they're involved with - mailing list, forum, IRC, Launchpad, other, or none? Perhaps ask how much time they spend with each part? And maybe ask if they are primarily asking for support or offering support? Maybe ask to self-rate their knowledge of Inkscape - beginner, intermediate, advanced?

Also, don't forget to offer this survey to forum users ;-)

What do you think you might use the results for? That might inform other questions. Although having said that, probably the shorter the survey is, the better.

All best, brynn ____________________________________________________________

From: Victor Westmann Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 11:46 PM To: Inkscape-Devel Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Survey

Hi Guys,

I was just wondering if we could run a simple and quick survey to our users to get to know them better and to know what they know about the software and how much are they involved with the project (software and community),

This is just a draft so improvements and thoughts are more than welcome: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CcV6rEYq5iIzZKkx_qPU6G5rp0O5DUM0EfQ3...

What do you guys think?

This initiative took place inspired in the "State of JS" survey: http://stateofjs.com/2016/introduction/

Cheers!

--Victor Westmann

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