Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center

General Comments

Comment 0: Good Job! And fast service, too!

Comment 1: this is really slow. I am a student administrator for the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at Chico State University, Chico California

Comment 2: "2. Gender: What is you gender?" Typo. You meant "your"...

Comment 3: Occupation details are a bit sketchy since technically I am in both education and buisness being a researcher and a professional software developer. In addition to that I also use BOTH PC and Unix versions of browsers since I am responsible for the maintainance of the WWW and clients at my site (Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middx, England) Paul

Comment 4: I think it would be unfortunate if organisations began charging for information on the Web. Up until now one of the biggest advantages of the Web was the vast quantity of information which if FREELY available.

Comment 5: Your question about domain type is very US centric! Occupation is also not well thought out (I'm a researcher. Is that "other" or "professional?) Finally my willingness to pay for info depends on much more than how much, e.g. the quality and type of the information!

Comment 6: I see WWW usage at Cranfield as a method for providing hypertext frontends to local applications; the world-wide aspect is an added bonus, that will become important to us in the future

Comment 7: Qu.1: Actually, my main machine is VMS, but I occasionally use Unix - I just clicked that option to make my submission valid....

Comment 8: Which browser/platform you use most of the time is a tricky question in a highly mobile environment such as a University. I probably use X Mosaic and UNIX the most, but I'm also a heavy user of MacMosaic, PC's running X and the lynx line mode browser.

Comment 9: Actually i use WWW both as a student at the University, and maintain our server as part of my job as student programmer.

Comment 10: Domain affiliation seems to follow the old scheme of US toplevel domains (.gov, .edu, etc.) specifically, I do not know if "edu" in topic 4 is meant to cover all of academic research? 2 minor typos: 'survery' and 'ofthe'

Comment 11: I use the Mac quite a bit too I would like to see pop-up hypertext that can be used for simple explanation (as in MS-Windows-3.x Help) Contents page returned if bed document reference maybe too? The Big need is on interactive html composition. ...generally a great job though!

Comment 12: Question 3 above should read information instead of infromation :-) Say hi to Rob for me.

Comment 13: Please chart (pictorially) this information and publish it on the web.

Comment 14: Question 4 is not entirely apropriate for non US users?

Comment 15: The question about money makes this feel like a marketing survey. You forget that most of the web has been built with shared karma. My job, is as publisher of an electronic journal. My life, however as a physics student.

Comment 16: WWW has provided a great way to get information off the Internet.

Comment 17: 1. You should allow "other" for "platform"; I use VMS. 7. Whether I would be prepared to pay also depends very much on the way the information is provided, how well "packaged" it is (ie. am I told in advance exactly what I'm paying for), and whether it is an additional service (eg. online publishing) rather than starting to charge for something we've had for free until now.

Comment 18: Not very many occupational categories

Comment 19: Question on domains is badly worded - are you soliciting replies from just the USA? I almost clicked on other but then realised that educational would give you more accurate information although my internet domain name does not have edu in it! You are conflating 'type of site' with 'internet domain name' and these are different.

Comment 20: Actually, I use several browsers (Mosaic for X, Mosaic for Mac, Lynx, and Emacs w3-mode, depending on whether I am dialing in from home, at work, or at MIT.

Comment 21: On fees: You should have another check box. I am willing to pay, and can even pay quite a lot, but it has to be high quality, timely information that is not available elsewhere.

Comment 22: I would only pay if it was only a couple of dollars a year for unlimited usage.

Comment 23: This document took an age to scroll---something to do with all the buttons?

Comment 24: I'd like to know something about some of the browsers you mentioned in this survey. Please forward something about Chimera Midas and Samba. Thanks!

Comment 25: I have been working on integrating many different technologies to provide the University of Rochester a very nice campus wide information system. We are currently using Gopher to store the information but I am planning to use WWW and Mosaic to "wrap" the Gopher tree with nice text and pictures.

Comment 26: The main reason I connect to the internet is for information. That information is more valuable to me if is in the Public Domain and is fee free!!!

Comment 27: What a wonderful idea! A Web survey... My only wish is that I could have specified that I use Lynx and Mosaic about equally much...

Comment 28: On primary question 7. At this stage I think the Internet is not ready for information fees. I do not believe that there is enough content. Though since everybody already pays for access to the Internet I am not opposed to the idea of fees for information providers.

Comment 29: I use both Unix and PC platforms, You may want to address that in your form. I also use more than 1 version of Mosaic.

Comment 30: I find the lack of a central "index" for information annoying. It takes me a long time to find the info I am looking for. A veronica like searching tool would be extremely useful.

Comment 31: WWW is great - I started out using Viola back before O`Reilly was involved, then went on to line mode (and still use it a bit), graduated to tkWWW (and still play with it a bit - will use it more as it stabilizies) and fell in love with Mosaic. I havent taken the time to look much at the other interfaces - I did log into Lynx a few times, but find curses limiting in terms of speed, etc.

Comment 32: your survey introduction should have included more info about its purpose, its value to the respondents, and an estimate of how long it takes to fill it out other than that, nice job!

Comment 33: While the paying of fees would certainly improve the WWW, my corporation is very large and the funding needs high level approval. So, while many individuals would like to pay fees, the mechanism is not in place to allow them to approve such fees.

Comment 34: I'm _not_ actually on _any_ continent! An entry for 'Pacific' would cover me. It doesn't help those on Greenland though. You misspelled 'Antarctica'

Comment 35: i also use w3.el as a client

Comment 36: I sure hope you publish your results!

Comment 37: It depends on how much the service costs and what sort of information we're talking about. How much extra value is it compared to a free non-net source? A weather forecast wouldn't be worth much, since the paper provides that very inexpensively. Movies, animations (especially custom made or dynamically generated) would be worth more.

Comment 38: keep up the good work

Comment 39: I am glad someone is putting this kind of info togeather... I will be interested to se ee the results

Comment 40: It is important that W3 sites remain unregulated and, as much as possible, free.

Comment 41: Only just begun to use it. Plan to incororate into visualization software we're writing.

Comment 42: You should have this survey every once in a while so we can have a historical record.

Comment 43: We also run a large mosaic server, run by myself with future commerial interests.

Comment 44: Mosaic is a most wonderful thing. I wish that the Windows version was up-to date with the Unix version. Also, Web is a most interesting thing. I would love to have more time and a faster link.

Comment 45: enjoy using Mosaic.....

Comment 46: Maybe you should note in the introduction that you are aware of the problems with self selected surveys.

Comment 47: I am currently an Undergrad. On Vocation employment working for a Gov. Dept. Improvements? Hmmm! The searchable index is fine all we need now are a few more resources to be searched.

Comment 48: paying also depends on "what for"

Comment 49: I filled out this form using the lynx client

Comment 50: Wow, really bad scrolling.

Comment 51: I strongly believe that WWW should be freely available to everyone. Money to pay for the service could come from grants, taxes, etc...

Comment 52: I think WWW and Mosaic aare really great ways to get info on the Internet !

Comment 53: I use the Web primarily to discover new information and to augment my existing technical reference resources.

Comment 54: The question on pay for access should also include an option of 'depends on the information'. I would be willing to pay for some things but not others

Comment 55: www is great mosaic is great

Comment 56: I feel that the Web and the information on it is Public Domain and freeware, certainly the information I am providing is intended to be provided free for the good of the community, I feel that the great communication resource we have in the Web would be badly affected by individuals beginning to charge for it. It should be through the providence of Government that the Web should be funded, via grants.

Comment 57: WWW is effectively a background resource - it is too slow to "interact" with It is ueful as a navigational aid to Internet resources Q7 My answer is "some - perhaps", but this is not given as an option

Comment 58: The results are interesting for me/us also...

Comment 59: Incredible! Cyberspace is one step closer. I was a BBS system user for years, and this system is a dream come true. I encourage everyone tocontinue to support the system

Comment 60: Technical author working for UNIX software vendor (SCO) Making heavy use of WWW for professional purposes, lighter use of WWW for entertainment/education

Comment 61: On the question of domains... you've provided no option for non-US domains. I checked on "other" but I'm working on a R&D governmental lab.

Comment 62: I wish I would have more time to travel in the network...

Comment 63: Mosaic is an absolutely marvellous program, ease of use and power at its best!

Comment 64: I'm still fairly new with WWW, just exploring...

Comment 65: The amount I am willing to pay is dependent on the worth of the information.

Comment 66: WWW is the most exciting development in computing I've ever seen.

Comment 67: I notice the question about being willing to pay for WWW information.I think that adding the ability to charge for information will be instrumental in putting a huge explosion of commercial information on the Web. I hope it happens ASAP -- it will then be the primary prototype for the Data Superhighway interface.

Comment 68: This is a very intriguing study. I will be interested in the results.

Comment 69: I've been surfing longest via 14400bps from home with MacPPP/NCSAMosaic1.02, but recently have been using a Mac at work with a faster connection, and most recently Mosaic on an RS/6000 at work. runnin

Comment 70: Information should remain free - that seems to be the basic premise of WWW operation. Everybody shares everybody else's data. I suspect that the Web would not have grown (technically and size-wise) as much if users had to pay to use it...

Comment 71: WWW is the Star Trek Computer

Comment 72: Great concept. So far it has been a little difficult to find out how to make my own HTML docs.

Comment 73: WWW and Mosaic are great!

Comment 74: Tickled pink with cyberspace and the growth of WWW

Comment 75: I use the Web on a daily basis and it has improved my productivity in a serious way. I can search for articles on various topics and get instant feedback.

Comment 76: Browser is a little misleading - I split betw lynx & mosaic.

Comment 77: Payment: Currently I use macmosaic on a b/w screen over 14.4 (mainly: sometimes I run Mosaic at the office, ). I don't think that the level of usability this gives me justifies paying.

Comment 78: While currently a graduate student, I'm working on starting up a company in the next few months to provide public dial-up IP access to the local population. We plan to make very heavy use of WWW in this service.

Comment 79: Please add my email address to your mailing list which you use to announce the survey results. Thanks.

Comment 80: This is a great idea. I would expand question 6 to include something like "University Staff" since that's what I am (I'm technically a professional working within a university environment).

Comment 81: This is an excellent idea. The danger is that it does not reach the POTENTIAL users of WWW: of course, they cannot be accessed this way. I would be inerested to know of any intention to talk to the non-net populaton

Comment 82: Paying for information would depend on the type and quality of the information.

Comment 83: Mosaic is the best application of internet use I've seen. I use it a lot and am spreading the word to my co-workers.

Comment 84: Good luck on the survey!

Comment 85: The 'domain' question is mildly US-centric... I assumed from the fact you were asking about domain that 'Educational' meant '*.edu'. So anything like my address '*.ca' doesn't really fit into any of your categories. I put it down as 'Other', which is accurate but possibly misleading. You might wan t to put in a section for 'Non-US'.

Comment 86: I'm actually a postdoctoral research associate, not an instructor. Please send a copy of the finished results as long as you've got my Email address.

Comment 87: I am a scientific programmer at a research institution. I probably use WWW 90% for "play" information, 10% for work-related information.

Comment 88: WRT the question of cost, I would be willing to pay for access to SPECIFIC sites (libraries, etc) but I would not be willing to pay more more for basic WWW access than I do for general Internet access.

Comment 89: if i've never used www, how would i find and complete this survey?

Comment 90: nice form!

Comment 91: The question about paying for www services needs to specify if similar information can be found elsewhere on the net for free. With the current glut of free information on the net, paying for WWW services would be less likely, than if all WWW information was for-fee. In an all for-fee world, my answer would still be "depends on the cost" but I think your question needs to be modified.

Comment 92: besides unix I also use PC and VMS

Comment 93: For more info on me, try this link. I help managing www.cosy.sbg.ac.at. There is currently a project going to use WWW as the Tourist Info Service in Austria.

Comment 94: Problems: - difficulty locating info you look for (there should be some uniform interface) - the system is fine if I want to familiarise myself with, say, all aspects of a site (e.g. preparing a visit), but because it is organised primarily by sites (servers) there is some guesswork accessing specific information, i.e. if you want to use the system as a tool (on the other hand, as a country to be discovered, it is fine!). - too many links to other sites... Wishes: Having the totality of human culture on-line - all what is in all world libraries, museums, sound archives, .... - everything not confidential/classified. Maybe not possible for for smell/taste ... sigh!

Comment 95: Your domain question probably is worded wrongly. UKc is of course an acedemic institution, but being outside the US the primamry domain is geographical.

Comment 96: As a GT alum I am delighted to see you in the forefront of academic research on WWW. Good job!

Comment 97: I think that the question about paying for WWW databases should have included a maybe. There are some sorts of information that would be worth paying for, and that there might be justification in charging for, so I think that it's very difficult to say yes or no (I don't think that how much is an issue without knowing what).

Comment 98: Information charges, if any, should require a MUCH higher level of orgainization of data than at present. This means that intelligent search engines need to be developed by those who expect to charge for their information -- including the ability to respond to a query with "I have the information you need, it will cost you --- mils/cents per kilobyte for retrieval, satisfaction guaranteed..." Without the guarantee, information retrieval is still a crap shoot, and what one person believes data is worth is not what another may deem it worth.

Comment 99: I feel that WWW will grow to be the primary interface to the internet.

Comment 100: I feel that I spend too much time playing in the WWW.

Comment 101: This is a neat idea. Ilook forward to seeing some results!

Comment 102: WWW with Mosaic is a great vehicle to distribute information.

Comment 103: While I occasionally use WWW, I don't use for often for work-related item. I have hopes that it will grow over the next few years.

Comment 104: I am a scientific researcher in biocomputing and use WWW as well as FTP and other internet services. At present it is not possible to assess if a html page is going to be useful until you have read it, so I would be unlikely to pay in such circumstance. Most of the databases I access are academic so are unlikely to be subject to charges (structure + sequence DB etc).

Comment 105: Really a good way to make a survey. I'm interested in the results and the software. Thanks.

Comment 106: Some people live on islands. You have, for example, made it impossible for people in New Zealand or England or Ireland to answer the primary questions. In general, surveys should not offer non exhaustive lists of choices. Please add Amiga to the list of primary platforms. Quite a number of people run Mosaic on Amigas. Thanks for doing the survey.

Comment 107: Having witnessed the explosion of WWW sites since the introduction of Mosaic, I believe that WWW will be an extremely interesting and productive area of the net for some time, much like Usenet was a few years ago.

Comment 108: Re: my "yes" answer to fees. For services for which I would otherwise be willing to pay, I would be just as willing to pay (more, in some case) to use them on the net. However, virtually none of my current web usage is of that nature.

Comment 109: I wish there were more useful stuff here. Seems like a lot of "bubble gum" gets posted

Comment 110: Re: Q7 (willingness to pay for services) I think this is still a premature question. The reason most people (including me) don't get involved with commercial BBSs like Compu- serve is the high price and poor value. There aren't yet enough services to be willing to pay for them. Also, I kind of like the GNN philosophy which is to use advertising and subscrip- tions to subsidize some basic services. Right now, paying for web usage would be like paying to browse in a bookstore. Ridiculous.

Comment 111: I am a network manager for a small network connected to the internet, and I make available Mosaic on the Sun for the users of my network, so that machine does see multiple users. However, my primary machine is a Mac, and that is how I answered this questionare.

Comment 112: I think that these kinds of service are what everyone should have. I have found it exciting and wonderful to use.

Comment 113: Were in Hawaii here: your question on location wants a continent, Oahu doesn't qualify.

Comment 114: The WEB in general and Mosaic in particular are good starts to the problem of serving diverse information. More attention needs to be focused on serving real document types, so that browsing the WWW would be like browsing through a magazine (except for all those annoying little paper things that always fall out - or worse, stay in!).

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Comment 116: You didn't mention the best line mode browser: It's w3.el for emacs. Has full forms support and complies more completely with the specs than Mosaic does.

Comment 117: You should have a "researcher" and/or "post-doc" option under "Occupation".

Comment 118: The web needs 1) more stuff on it (say in my research area) 2) a better way to search and find things

Comment 119: Mosaic Developers should migrate away from Motif if possible. Motif is intolerably slow with scrolling forms such as these. Alternatively, one could write a form without so much scrolling involved. WWW is really wonderful to browse with Mosaic. I hope that information remains free, but that a way of paying the creators of information is worked out. People should be payed to create information, but paying for the ability to see information that may not be useful stinks. I realize these are very important issues and have very complicated answers I hope that these decisions are made public so that an open platform standard may be reached.

Comment 120: Payment: I would not be willing to pay any more for WWW-received info than for the same information retreived in another manner (ftp, paper/library, 1-900 telephone, newspapers, etc.)

Comment 121: Keep WWW resources FREE!!!

Comment 122: wrt Question 7 Part I (Opinion on Fees), I would like to clarify that I think that one of the most valuable possible uses of the World Wide Web would be things like a Books On Line project, by which digitized books of all sorts would be available on line. Movies, from short experimental projects to Hollywood features, could be digitized as mpeg files, and placed on the Web as well. For databases of this sort of magnitude, where the information is explicitly available as a commercial commodity (much as books and films are available from booksellers and video stores), I believe that fees are wholly appropriate, as these fees would go towards the author's livelihood. In general, however, I believe that the vast majority of the information available through the World Wide Web should remain freely available, so that any individual may place information in the Web that any other individual might be interested in finding. Only in this manner will we fulfill one of the stated goals of the World Wide Web, to amass as much of the information and knowledge possessed by mankind into a single source.

Comment 123: None

Comment 124: I'd like info on simulation programming, flight simulation ,particualrly to see

Comment 125: Makes Internet resources much more available and easier to find.

Comment 126: Question 3. is a bit meaningless to students who don't own the UNIX-computer they use.

Comment 127: Question #6 is a bit malformed - my job (network manager) is not exactly administrative, but I did not feel like selecting "other"...

Comment 128: My school fees pay for my inet usage, and at this stage, I only use mosaic to look around and get ideas for a server I'm setting up.

Comment 129: Domain: My domain is ".de", which does not classify like in America between ".edu", ".com", and ".gov". I have noticed that WWW information tends to be very "Americentric" in terms of not really including knowledge of European (and of course World) users.

Comment 130: Note that Education domain does not denote te .edu domain in Europe. Don't skew your data.

Comment 131: I think WWW is extremely powerful - it's great to see this potential being realised so quickly with so many individuals and groups contributing much genuinly useful information. Long live free information!

Comment 132: Question 7 of the Primary Questions was really quite difficult. I wanted to indicate that it is highly doubtful that I would pay, since it would really be Convex paying. However, if there was information Convex needed and it was cheaper than anywhere else, then sure, Convex would pay. In short, very difficult question to answer :-) Very nicely done survey!

Comment 133: to 6.: working on PH.D. thesis in computer science

Comment 134: I find the WWW and, especially, Mosaic to be highly useful in my work. We are a publications distribution company (for U.S. Gov't, UNESCO, EC, and more) preparing to put our catalogs on the Internet. Mosaic and the work done by other sites already has shown me the full range of possibilities I have. Excellent browser for an excellent use of Internet's capabilities.

Comment 135: ISDN, Fiber, Telecommuting!!!

Comment 136: The Fed could fund commercial www information services with tax-break incentives.

Comment 137: Sorry, I don't know how the domain "fr" is classified. I am a researcher in computer science.

Comment 138: I am working on making the Web/Internet a usable tool for the U.S. Navy.

Comment 139: About Fees: I think the main problem is making it EASY for people to pay. If we find a method of payment ON the Internet, and provided the fees are rather small, then fees would be great (speaking as an author as well as as a reader). But if I have to go to the bank to pay, I guess I'd be to lazy to do it, and would rather try and find other sources of information that are available for free.

Comment 140: I use the Web as frequently as possible for all supported information resource types (gopher, wais, native html, etc).

Comment 141: Mosaic an excellent browser. WWW an excellent concept. I experience bandwidth limitations, on a direct internet connection. I expect traffic to rise almost as fast as network capacity. As always, finding the data you need can be a problem.

Comment 142: Excellent idea. Looking forward to seeing the results.

Comment 143: Domain question is confusing. My company is in the ".se" domain, but is of course commercial.

Comment 144: Michael is amazing! GVU people are too cool. I wish I could take you all home with me.

Comment 145: The forms requirement will, of course, bias the browser answers you get. 7: Answer also depends on usefulness of info. Only in exceptional cases would I want to pay for info. 3: I assume by this you mean is this a single-user workstation. It is; others in my group sometimes log on externally, but basically it's usually just me on the console.

Comment 146: I use the PC quite a bit too, via Mosaic for MS Windows

Comment 147: The first couple of questions are tricky for me as I spend almost 50% of the time (on WWW) on a single user Mac and the rest on a Unix machine. Probably the Unix machine gets slightly more use

Comment 148: Regarding paying for information: I might be willing to pay small fees for *really* useful information that wasn't available by any other means. However, I haven't really seen such sources floating around the Web as yet.

Comment 149: Mosaic is the easiest-to-=use internet browser I've seen.

Comment 150: I love the service and the attention it has been getting lately.

Comment 151: This may be my second survey: I'm not the first one got sent. If you have two from me, sorry. Meanwhile, an acknow- ledgement that the survey was received might be nice :)

Comment 152: Sorry--don't want to put in my address if I don't know what it's used for!

Comment 153: Quite nice idea, the survey! Why hasn't this been done before?!?!

Comment 154: Mosaic really taking off here in Vancouver BC, due to some great service providers at Wimsey Info Systems, and we're all getting into HTML too. -JMax

Comment 155: Nifty.

Comment 156: The function (and utility) of WWW is quite different depending on my personal usage vs. that of the company.

Comment 157: This looks like a good beginning. I have thougth that what is needed in this information-overloaded world is a peronality type description of how different jumping off places are organized. Something between a Myers-Briggs test and my favorite bookseller who already knows my taste. Some weblets seem to have exactly the organization I expect while others are hopelessly disorganized (at least for my brain). Good luck to this effort

Comment 158: acceptable fees would obviously depend on the utility and difficulty of recreating the database

Comment 159: Yr questions make assumptions not addressable... "pay for... " current? As yet provided? Circumstances? My machine shared? The console (ie. color tube, keybd, mouse) or telnet/dialin users? "What domain...' .COM/EDU/etc, or actual type of use, etc? But I commend you on your attempt to make a first pass at this! N I'm hardly complaining! HGood luck...

Comment 160: I am a very high level user forr the biosciences and maintain HTML files on a gopher site here.

Comment 161: I sent another reply by text because my Mac Mosaic doesn't do forms. Then I thought about my xmosaic and used it

Comment 162: I'd like to know how to set up an information page

Comment 163: I am both a user and interested in a variety of applications of these emerging technologies to documentation of Software, CAD, and hardware design models.

Comment 164: Web growth has been ammazing

Comment 165: I write for PC Week as a software reviewer and general writer for PC Week Labs. I recently wrote a story about the Web covering how to set up a server and how to write HTML documents. I believe the Web will be the "killer app" of the INternet that will get average people interested in using the Internet.

Comment 166: I'm glad someone is collecting this kind of information. By the way, I'm a Tech grad.

Comment 167: I realize that for fee services are and can benefit the internet society in general. The "free" market is not yet developed enough in my opinion. In a year or two, I will accept commercially based services.

Comment 168: The question "Under which domain..." is really most suited for americans.

Comment 169: Not exactly a grad student, in fact. I'm an undergrad for the second time ;)

Comment 170: I still feel a little bit lost when I'm tryin g to retreve iformattion sur as: FAQ about group xxx, subject yyy

Comment 171: This technology is very exciting - who would have believed in interactive magazines etc a few years ago. A great way of exploring a fascinating resource!

Comment 172: Pay-WWW: Depends _how_ it's done.

Comment 173: I am excited about the Web, and hope for a cost model that will enable Kay's vision of universal information retailing.

Comment 174: I am already paying for WWW with my tax dollars.

Comment 175: 1) I use Linux: a *NIX for PC: so #1 is a trick question. 2) I use a shared filesystem, but not a shared terminal.. so #3 is a trick question.

Comment 176: The whole $$$ for info issue is huge and sticky -- it can't be summed up in a single multiple-choice question...

Comment 177: As a matter of fact, I must admitt that we realy are now on The information highway... ==> Information at the tip of my finger ==> Name it and you'll find it !

Comment 178: Personal Computer is Amiga which also uses Mosaic.

Comment 179: The WWW is GREAT!

Comment 180: This is a great tool for research as well as total information overload

Comment 181: need more occupations, "manager", "software" (to distinguish software folks from the many other professions.)

Comment 182: Occupation Info: I am student, but also working for the computing staff here, so I really would to select two of those little boxes

Comment 183: Looks like a great tool for doing research or hobbying.

Comment 184: Let's make advertising permitted on WWW (it already is) and charge a fee to do so. Users could then go to the advertising section and look for vendors to buy from. Pay for the WWW services that way, just like TV.

Comment 185: The question about "would you pay for WWW information" depends, not on the price, but on what the information was.

Comment 186: Regarding paying for services... I wouldn't pay for WWW service as the web exists right now. Perhaps some day it will be in a state where I'd be willing to pay a nominal fee.

Comment 187: WWW is really a great service. I love to use it and hopt that all the services in internet can be "WWWise"

Comment 188: drou

Comment 189: Mosaic is a superlative package. The Windows version still needs work, however.

Comment 190: Of what value are such self-selected surveys?

Comment 191: Hi Jim!

Comment 192: I was impressed with the amount of information available. Response times are slow and should be improved. Great services -- but somewhat hard to find. Eg. I tried to get a review of the movie "The Piano" and I still can't find it. Maybe a tutorial on "how to search" would be helpful. Maybe a global "where is what" database with search capabilities is necessary -- or does it already exist? I don't want to spend much time "browsing" (I don't have it!) but I'd like to use the search capabilities. (Bye the way : I got a problem with the delete key. A common syndrom of new userws?) All in all: Great work -- keep it up!

Comment 193: I might have provided my email if there had been any indication why you wanted it.

Comment 194: WWW is amazing... All the information that is available is just beyond what I ever expected. It's better than a library, with the hypertext and searches. Having to pay for it would just be disappointing to me. I think that WWW, much like a library, works only to it's fullest extent when it is available to all. It is this one thing, that makes me think that we may finally be coming to the new era that computers have promised: Information for everyone, without regard to social/economic/political status.

Comment 195: I think WWW has tremendous possibilities, and it reminds me of the communication senario from the series Max Headroom. I dont know if that is good or bad!!!

Comment 196: Question 4 (Domain) is difficult to answer outside US/Canada Question 6 (Occupation) is a mess

Comment 197: I'd like to receive any results from your survey

Comment 198: I really enjoy using Mosaic. It's very addictive. Sometimes figuring out how I got where I did through all the cascading seems a bit confusing.

Comment 199: Unlimited Potential!

Comment 200: Mosaic is a very good tool. I make my first steps in using WWW. My first meaning: it looks great!

Comment 201: Excellent survey, very easy to fill out with Forms.. I love WWW :-)

Comment 202: Very slick survey. I'mgoingto steal the source ;-)

Comment 203: Could you keep the "Never Used" on other survey pages further away from the rest of the choises?

Comment 204: WWW is great! I will soon be installing an HTTP server at my site to provide local information to my users!

Comment 205: Where are tips about morphing? GUV is very interesting.

Comment 206: Where are tips about morphing? GUV is very interesting.

Comment 207: First, comments on the survey. 1. Some questions should allow multiple entries. For example, I use both a Unix system (SGI Indy) and a Mac on my desk. I run Mosaic on both. 2. It was not obvious when starting this survey that the submission form below was just for this section of the survey. I went "back", forward to another section, and found another "submit" button. By that time my initial entries were lost. Some clarification up front would be helpful. Finally on the web. I believe the key technologies needed to get the web to take off economically is the ability to charge for links (with funds transfered to the authors. I think that the costs for the links must be less than the cost to copy and maintain the information pointed to by the links (millicents to cents). I also believe that a caching facility is needed for the web where local servers can cache copies of documents. Such servers can be the ones that change millicents to cents with the primary source of the information charging more. A key technology required for such a multilevel distribution network to work is cache coherence (essentially a notification mechanism to let the local caches know about modifications to the primary document. Charges for updates would seem to need to be made on the basis of the significance of changes to the orifinal documents...

Comment 208: I findf WWW to be very helpful. I just wonder if anyone is doing work on AI styled searchers fo the web

Comment 209: I enjoy using Mosaic quite a bit because it hooks up to so many neat things. Like WWW servers. :-)

Comment 210: There is one thing I don't like about the WWW: The fact that I spend a lot of time on it! It's fun! It's informative! It's useful! Let's make it even better.

Comment 211: The World Wide Web is revolutionizing the way we think of information distribution and retrieval. A groundswell is currently picking our project up and lifting it into a new age.

Comment 212: If WWW cost money, it would defeat the purpose of information sharing.

Comment 213: What are you going to do with this data? Are you planning to publish it?

Comment 214: cool man.

Comment 215: It's "sex" not "gender". Words have gender, not people :-)

Comment 216: the web is great

Comment 217: I feel concerned about the mention of paying for services, surely they should be left free and not an exclusive toy for the wealthy!

Comment 218: I just discocered this resource today and have no idea the extent of information available, yet.

Comment 219: A beautifully laid out survey. How do I learn to do these?

Comment 220: How will people obtain the result of this survey?

Comment 221: This (WWW and front ends like Mosaic) could be the key to non-techie access to the Internet!

Comment 222: I believe WWW/Mosaic are two of the greatest things that happend to Internet. Via its powerful interfaces/protocols, vast amount of information on Internet is at my fingertip. Thanks, guys! Sang

Comment 223: Gret idea! The web is the place to be. Iw` I want to turn it into a profitable business venture

Comment 224: I would like more information regarding the creation of documents, like these surveys. I also think that it would be great if Mosaic and the WWW make it into schools libraries, etc. Although the information online at this time is somewhat limited, I still have learned a great deal exploring various archives.

Comment 225: Personally i think the appliactions being developed to use WWW will replace all other platforms

Comment 226: I spent just about the whole day looking for stock market and commodities market information, and I've come to the conclusion that there isn't any on the network that is easily accessible. I appears that the only information available is from ftp sites, and may or may not be up-to-date. If you know something that is easily accessible, and is more "real time" please let me know.

Comment 227: I find the Web an interesting way to find information. The ACM SIGGRAPH bibliography has helped me more than once now..

Comment 228: Mosaic is absolutely phantastic - I am using it on a PC with linux on XWindow across a modemline and it is still reasonable fast....

Comment 229: "Over 50 hours" means 24*7- drive time :-) w/in the next couple months my house will have full Internet connectivity, hopefully with its own Class C network. I own my own Sparc 1+, which is a Web Server and live in front of it. (Almost literally... I have spent many a night on the couch in my office rather than going home)

Comment 230: I find WWW a continual and growing source of information. Along with some of my colleagues, I am trying to interest our part of Xerox is using WW and html as a customer and internal resource

Comment 231: #7 GREATLY depends on type on information.

Comment 232: I am very interested in seeing results.

Comment 233: This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen, but it would ruin it if it wasn't free to everyone.

Comment 234: The Web, and Mosaic in particular, is a turning point for the net. Among those who know what's what, it takes the breath away. Full speed ahead!

Comment 235: Why are your questions of the form No/Yes or Female/Male instead of the more typical Yes/No , Male/Female? Just wondering. Have a nice day!

Comment 236: Mosaic and Web provide a very powerful environment for network exploration, although finding ones way around can be difficult.

Comment 237: I like the form!

Comment 238: The NCSA Mosaic support staff is very uncooperative - they don't respond to reports of bugs/requests for help.

Comment 239: I saw this quote somewhere, which sums it up nicely: "The Web isn't better than sex, but sliced bread is in serious trouble."

Comment 240: Fees are difficult. I only have access to these services through work and it is unlikely that these services would be paid for by my corporation so fees would need to somehow be user based and not site based.

Comment 241: just discovered mosaic; had been using gopher. So far I like it. Thanks.

Comment 242: Great stuff - can't wait to see what kind of profile the web users fit into...!

Comment 243: I am creater of Rob's Multimedia Laboratory due to the lack of understanding among leaders of distributed information and due to lack of information policy.

Comment 244: I think WWW is one of the greatest tools ever built (serious) but do regret that there are no mosaic like interfaces for NextStep users. I hope and think that the NeXTStep platform will become increasingly important, since it runs under INTEL. (At least I hope so) I consider WWW so valuable that I even would be willing to pay for it personnaly.

Comment 245: question five has you mispelled

Comment 246: This is cool stuff!!! When you publish the results, I would like a copy.

Comment 247: Use Mac machine all day and use the Unix mosaic under Macx because the mac version is deficient. I get no sound under Macx but get better quality paging(forms like these are suppoerted, etc)

Comment 248: Willing to pay for "added value" services. Not willing to pay for government services, which should be universal and free.

Comment 249: I don't know if I have "forms support" or how to find this out!

Comment 250: I am novice user of internet, however I am often frustrated that while I find substantial amounts of information it is seldom when I am looking for it and most often can't find what I am looking for. Knowing where and how to look seems to play too large a part in success.

Comment 251: How about a ALUMNI WWW server (or atleast a www page) so ALUMNI can get information about the school (i.e. Sports, Alumni functions, Career Center Placement, Bookstore ordering, etc).

Comment 252: Great stuff! Is the future here yet?

Comment 253: I've just installed X-windows version of NCSA Mosaic and can use forms for the first time. AIaI am I have only been exploring WWW for a few weeks now, using the Mac version of Mosaic. Like it a lot! I am dreaming up ideas of how to use Mosaic and the Web for my teaching in genetics and biology.

Comment 254: I cannot answer the fee question without knowing how it would be implemented. In particular, the information density is too low to justify browsing, but browsing is the only way to find anything in this mess. I would want the fees to go towards hardware, and not to information suppliers unless the quality of the information supplied increases considerably.

Comment 255: This is my first introduction to WWW and to Mosaic. I am extremely impressed with both.

Comment 256: imminent death of the net predicted - MPEG at 11... (this is great stuff!)

Comment 257: I do not object to fees, but would patronize free resources

Comment 258: I can imagine great things coming from the web, and I hope to be a part of them.

Comment 259: Your domain question is probably giving misleading results now that geographic domains are encouraged byt the NIC (read rfc1480)

Comment 260: I consider payment for internet services of all kinds to be a major issue. I can't believe the resources I would like to see will be available if they must be free, but I can't think of any way to charge for them. I realize some providers are being funded by govern- ment or charitable sources, and that's fine -- I don't mean to suggest free services are worthless!

Comment 261: I use XMOSAIC a lot to find the information I need when doing my studying and also for pleasure. I also enhoy to relax a bit by reading some of the documents which is online in the areas of history, technology and so forth. I am myself also contributing to the net by writing different documents,I am among other things in charge of the homepafges of Luleå university.

Comment 262: I find it terribly hard to find anything on the Web. For example, after nearly two full terms of using the Web I've only just discovered the search page...

Comment 263: I never thought I'd see the internet get this level of sophistication.

Comment 264: The choice of the O$F's Motif library for Mosaic is quite antisocial.

Comment 265: Our company's use of WWW (via Mosaic) is increasing weekly at an exponential rate. Fees would cut down our using WWW, because the paperwork and explainations to many management levels is too great.

Comment 266: I wasn't sure how to answer "do you share your machine with other users". I have a machine at home which my roommate also uses; I have a machine at work which only I use. I run Mosaic on both.

Comment 267: Thank God we have WWW/Mosaic. Its the next greatest things after X.

Comment 268: Can I get a copy of the binary or perl script that processes this form? Thanks. Omy

Comment 269: I certainly would not be willing to pay for information I get from the Web. That's ridiculous! I also wish there was a DOS (not Windows, yech!) Web client. If I had more time, I'd write one myself.

Comment 270: There should not be any fee. Just provide some information for other users. Then we will pay information by information.

Comment 271: Xmosaic and WWW are the greatest thing to happen to the internet during my career; bravo!

Comment 272: You categories of occupation are absurd. I am a research manager. What category is that?

Comment 273: While I have been involved with developing computer systems for some years, I am relatively new to networked information systems.

Comment 274: Great! Congrats. Since you are the first.. you'll get lots of responses. With many such surveys out there the number of interested people will decrease exp.

Comment 275: primarily an information service provider

Comment 276: I'm still new to WWW. It does seem to make finding information in the Internet much easier, but it is still far from perfect.

Comment 277: This is my first introduction to WWW. So far I like what I

Comment 278: I want to see the Web expand further, but dread the eventual commercialization of the enterprise. I hope that the early spirit will survive the transition.

Comment 279: Willingness to pay for services is highly dependent on details of the data provided... Certainly charging for WWW access to data already available in other forms would be silly.

Comment 280: This is great !

Comment 281: and what do you do with these addresses?

Comment 282: Wonderful tool!

Comment 283: Would be nice to have a high level search utility that would search all availble resources (WWW, gopher, etc) instead of having to search multiple places.

Comment 284: It is difficult to choose where I most use WWW. I've been primarily using it at work (and educational facility) but also use it at home.

Comment 285: Why do you want the email address? I wish there were more libraries online.

Comment 286: I would much appreciate it if you would add the Amiga to the list for the question concerning what platform we use.

Comment 287: I think the WWW is great thing. Useful and friendly, mostly with Mosaic.

Comment 288: Absolutely incrediable tool (Mosiac) Needs a hierarchy displayer so I can keep track of where I;ve been.

Comment 289: This is nice :)

Comment 290: Charging is a tricky area - I don't like the idea of charging in general, though for specific commercial related services then it may be an option. This is a very big issue though as there aren't currently structures to support charging in general across the network. I think that charging is somrthing that should be kept toa minimum if possible.

Comment 291: I'm extremely interested in the possibilities for access to fee-based WWW databases, both as a consumer and a potential producer.

Comment 292: What does "Under what domain is your primary machine affiliated?" mean? Does it apply to non-USans? You assume in the introduction (where you talk about "Times Roman") that everyone uses Mosaic...

Comment 293: This is a wonderful resource. The Mosaic interface is quite smooth and easy to learn. Thanks to all involved.

Comment 294: Thanx for doing the survey

Comment 295: typo in question 5

Comment 296: Please get more Faculty and Staff on your services. I like looking for people I know. :-) P.S a Home page and picture for Georgia Simons at OIT (Oracle Dept)

Comment 297: WWW seems a much easier way of accessing the net than GOPHER ever was, although I worry that it will spread ignorance of the net, via its simplicity. Also, net-usage will skyrocket, slowing down possibly more legitimate users.

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Comment 299: I'm surfing the Web for the first time via lynx on a dialup system; I can't wait for a real Internet connection so I can use Mosaic!

Comment 300: You really should put Bill Perry's Emacs browser W3 in the clients section. It is my primary browser and the most up-to-date on features of most any browser.

Comment 301: It gets confusing to keep track of the particular thing you're looking for when you move on to finer details (maybe slightly unrealted to the main topic). Otherwise this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in networking!!

Comment 302: That domain question could use more choices...

Comment 303: It is still rather slow. Will there exist an ascii version?

Comment 304: further qualification RE payment for WWW services: yes, for specific services (e.g., HPCwire)

Comment 305: use the lynx vt100 browser (line mode?)