Results of the user preference survey

In ARTech issue 2, I asked you, the readers, what aspects you feel are the most important in a good program. I got 31 answers, far too few to really count, but it might give some idea of the things users expect regardless.

Below are the choices, listed in order of importance. The score is the average score in the replies, with the range of 1 to 5.

1. Stability [4.97]
2. Speed [4.00]
3. Detailed documentation [3.71]
4. Extensive configurability [3.68]
5. ARexx interface [3.58]
6. Pretty interface [3.55]
7. Interface in your native language [3.32]
8. Command line usage [3.10]
9. Low memory usage [2.97]
10. No mouse required for most important features [2.94]
11. Documentation in your native language [2.90]
12. Many flashy features [2.39]
13. No mouse required for full interface control [2.10]

8 of the respondents were from USA, 5 from England and Italy, 4 from Germany, 3 from Sweden, and 1 from Finland, Australia, Netherlands, Poland and Canada each.

The majority of people, 20, found ARTech on Aminet, with WWW and BBS's both getting 5 people. One person got ARTech from Compuserve.