GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey Author Graphs

Advantages of Java

Notes:

This question asked Web authors what they thought the major advantages of Java were. Respondents could choose more than one answer. Consistent with the findings in the Sixth Survey, more than half of respondents cited Java's platform independence as a major advantage (66.92%). About a third (35.36%) identified the fact that Java doesn't require special permissions to run (unlike CGI programs) as an advantage and 23.99% thought the level of interactivity it provided was an advantage. Europeans more than Americans saw the platform independence a major advantage.

Table of Data for All Categories

Advantages of Java	All	USA	Europe
Better interactivity	834.00 23.99%	645.00 24.34%	83.00 24.41%
Better than Shockwave	518.00 14.90%	397.00 14.98%	54.00 15.88%
Hype	326.00 9.38%	251.00 9.47%	28.00 8.24%
No Permissions Needed	1229.00 35.36%	943.00 35.58%	127.00 37.35%
None	212.00 6.10%	158.00 5.96%	24.00 7.06%
Other	789.00 22.70%	657.00 24.79%	39.00 11.47%
Platform Independence	2326.00 66.92%	1718.00 64.83%	278.00 81.76%
Security	764.00 21.98%	579.00 21.85%	83.00 24.41%

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