Dev.CD Jan 94: Please fill in your answers beside the questions below, and send via AppleLink to DEV.CD.
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TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
1. How long have you been programming?
__ Never—not a programmer
__ Under a year
__ One to two years
__ Two to four years
__ More than four years
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2. How long have you been programming the Mac/Apple II?
__ Never—not a programmer
__ Under a year
__ One to two years
__ Two to four years
__ More than four years
3. What are your areas of technical specialization?
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TELL US HOW WE'RE DOING
4. Give us a grade! Rate your new System Software edition of the Developer CD on the following...Where A means excellent, C is average, and F is poor
___ Overall usefulness
___ Organization
___ Ease of use
___ Comprehensiveness of content
___ Timeliness of information
5. Comments:
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CONTENT RELEVANCE
6. Were the contents of this System Software edition useful to you? Give us a grade! Where A means excellent, C is average, and F is poor
__ Net installs of system software
__ Localized versions of system software
__ System enablers
__ Localized versions of system enablers
__ Localized QuickTime
__ Printer Drivers
__ Monthly updates of non-system software materials ( i.e. Tech
Notes, Developer Notes, Tools & Apps, etc...)
__ Utilities
7. Comments:
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SEARCHING THE CD
8. Which of the search mechanisms available on the CD do you use the most?
__ “What's New?” folder
__ Content Catalog
__ New Contents Catalog beta
__ Finder Search
__ Browsing
9. Why do you favor these search mechanisms?
10. Which search mechanism is the least useful to you and why?
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"WHAT'S NEW ON THIS CD?"FOLDER
11. The "What's New?" folder includes new and updated materials from all content areas including: System Software, Tools & Apps, and Technical Documentation. This means you get new and updated materials for all content areas—every month.
Did you find this:
__ Very helpful
__ Somewhat helpful
__ Not helpful since I don't need to know what's new every month
__ Never used it
12. Comments:
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NEW CONTENTS CATALOG
13. A Beta version of the new Contents Catalog can be found in the "CD Info" folder this month. Did you find this catalog:
__ Very helpful
__ Somewhat helpful
__ Pretty confusing actually
__ Didn't use it
__ Couldn't find it
14. Comments and Suggestions:
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CD ORGANIZATION
15. Did the organization of the System Software edition of the Developer CD make it easy for you to find things?
16. What did you like?
17. What would you do to make it better?
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READ ME'S
18. Were the Read Me's included on the CD useful to you? Give us a grade! Where A means excellent, C is average, and F is poor
__ Read Me for system software net installs
__ Read Me for system enablers
19. What other kinds of system software-related documentation or Read Me's would like to see on this CD?
20. Comments
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FREQUENCY OF USE
21. How many times per month did you access the System Software edition of the Developer CD?
22. What percentage of the Mac R&D staff in your company will use the System Software edition of the CD?
23. Did the System Software edition of the CD save you development time?
24. If YES, How many days/hours of development time per month did the System Software edition save?
___ Hours
___ Days
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OVERALL USEFULNESS
25. Do you feel that the new System Software edition of the Developer CD has given your company a technical or business advantage that it would not have had without the CD?
26. Explain
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OTHER GOOD IDEAS...
27. What other great ideas and suggestions do you have for improving the System Software edition?