GVU's HTML Authoring Questionnaire
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Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
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Usage Restrictions
Please estimate the number of documents you have authored using Web publishing software e.g. HotMetal, PageMill, FrontPage, etc.
None
1 to 10 documents
11 to 50 documents
51 to 100 documents
101 documents or more
Please estimate the number of documents you have authored directly editing HTML - that is, creating by hand editing the entire HTML source file.
None
1 to 10 documents
11 to 50 documents
51 to 100 documents
101 documents or more
How many years of computer programming experience do you have, if any?
None
1 to 3 years
4 to 6 years
7 to 12 years
13 years or more
Have you programmed in Java?
Yes
No
In learning HTML, what sources of information did you use?
(Please check all that apply.)
Local HTML Guru
Friends
Online Sources
WWW/HTML Books
HTML Tutorial/Class
Other
How many hours did you spend learning the basics of HTML?
1 to 3 hours
4 to 6 hours
7 to 12 hours
Over 12 hours
Never Learned HTML
Which of the following topics have you authored documents on?
(Please check all that apply.)
Personal Info
Work/Organization Info
Research/Papers/Reports
Entertainment
Art
Sports
Products
Meta-Indexes
Current Events/News
Conference Announcements
Product Ads/Catalogues
Other
Which of the following types of links/URLs do your documents contain?
(Please check all that apply)
Links to other Web documents
Links to FTP sites
Links to Gopher sites
Plug-in Applications
Java/Javascript
Image Maps
Forms/CGI Scripts
Images
Movies
Sounds
VRML
Other
Which language do you most frequently program CGI scripts in?
Apple Script
C
C++
Java
OLE/DCE
Perl
Python
sh/ksh/csh/favorite shell
Visual Basic
Not applicable
Other
Overall, learning to enbed HTML forms was:
Question Not Answered - Scale 1 to 9
1 -- Easy
2
3
4
5 -- Moderate
6
7
8
9 -- Hard
Never learned forms
Overall, learning image maps was:
Question Not Answered - Scale 1 to 9
1 -- Easy
2
3
4
5 -- Moderate
6
7
8
9 -- Hard
Never learned image maps
Overall, learning to write CGI scripts was:
Question Not Answered - Scale 1 to 9
1 -- Easy
2
3
4
5 -- Moderate
6
7
8
9 -- Hard
Never wrote CGI script
Overall, learning HTML was:
Question Not Answered - Scale 1 to 9
1 -- Easy
2
3
4
5 -- Moderate
6
7
8
9 -- Hard
What do you consider to be the major advantages to programming in Java for Web applications?
(Please check all that apply)
Platform independent
Provides a measure of security
Doesn't require special permission (e.g. unlike CGI)
Better/easier than Shockwave
Better interactivity
Everyone else is doing it
There are no advantages to programming in Java
Other/Do not know
In the next 12 months, do you plan to program in Java?
Yes
No
Do not know
What is your opinion of the security of Java as a network programming language?
Very secure
Somewhat secure
Somewhat insecure
Very insecure
Do not know
How knowledgeable are you about Java's security measures?
Not at all
A little (e.g. could list some of them)
Moderately (e.g. have read the white paper)
Very (e.g. have a thorough understanding of flaws recently found)
Expert (e.g. have written code to test them)
Overall, the real value-added of Java to the Web is ...
Fluff - provides no real value-added
Aesthetic - makes things prettier
Functional - enables advanced functionality
Revolutionary - fundamentally changes the Web
Do not know
This questionnaire was developed by:
GVU's WWW User Survey Team (Jim Pitkow & Colleen Kehoe)