GVU's Sixth WWW User Survey Author Graphs

Advantages Of Using Java

Notes:

This question asked Web authors what they thought the major advantages of Java were. Respondents could choose more than one answer.

More than half of respondents cited Java's platform independence as a major advantage. About a third identified the fact that Java doesn't require special permissions to run (unlike CGI programs) as an advantage and 21.7% thought the level of interactivity it provided was an advantage.

Europeans more than Americans saw the platform independence and interactivity as major advantages.

Table of Data for All Categories

Advantages of Java	All	USA	Europe
Better interactivity	579.00 21.74%	385.00 20.35%	64.00 30.62%
Better than Shockwave	286.00 10.74%	205.00 10.84%	30.00 14.35%
Hype	318.00 11.94%	217.00 11.47%	22.00 10.53%
No Permissions Needed	835.00 31.36%	613.00 32.40%	67.00 32.06%
None	217.00 8.15%	151.00 7.98%	18.00 8.61%
Other	843.00 31.66%	624.00 32.98%	44.00 21.05%
Platform Independence	1449.00 54.41%	1026.00 54.23%	141.00 67.46%
Security	353.00 13.26%	251.00 13.27%	24.00 11.48%

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280