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Indispensable


Which of the following Internet technologies do you consider "indispensable"?
(Please check all that apply.)

Indispensable





Group G51  "Indispensable"
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38         3049     27.1     92.6
Email                                    Q39         3169     28.2     96.3
Chat                                     Q40          666      5.9     20.2
Internet Phone                           Q41          242      2.2      7.4
Internet Fax                             Q42          247      2.2      7.5
Push                                     Q43          147      1.3      4.5
Audio                                    Q44          861      7.7     26.2
Video                                    Q45          580      5.2     17.6
Video conf                               Q46          305      2.7      9.3
Digital sig                              Q47          295      2.6      9.0
3-D                                      Q48          194      1.7      5.9
Java                                     Q49          948      8.4     28.8
Other                                    Q50          446      4.0     13.6
Don't know                               Q51           91       .8      2.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    11240    100.0    341.5

0 missing cases;  3,291 valid cases

Indispensable




X1:         .

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38           77     25.4     90.6
Email                                    Q39           79     26.1     92.9
Chat                                     Q40           15      5.0     17.6
Internet Phone                           Q41            6      2.0      7.1
Internet Fax                             Q42            5      1.7      5.9
Push                                     Q43            6      2.0      7.1
Audio                                    Q44           24      7.9     28.2
Video                                    Q45           17      5.6     20.0
Video conf                               Q46            9      3.0     10.6
Digital sig                              Q47            6      2.0      7.1
3-D                                      Q48           11      3.6     12.9
Java                                     Q49           30      9.9     35.3
Other                                    Q50           14      4.6     16.5
Don't know                               Q51            4      1.3      4.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      303    100.0    356.5

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X1:         1   USA

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38         2456     27.6     92.5
Email                                    Q39         2557     28.7     96.3
Chat                                     Q40          519      5.8     19.6
Internet Phone                           Q41          181      2.0      6.8
Internet Fax                             Q42          195      2.2      7.3
Push                                     Q43          118      1.3      4.4
Audio                                    Q44          694      7.8     26.1
Video                                    Q45          463      5.2     17.4
Video conf                               Q46          231      2.6      8.7
Digital sig                              Q47          210      2.4      7.9
3-D                                      Q48          143      1.6      5.4
Java                                     Q49          725      8.1     27.3
Other                                    Q50          343      3.8     12.9
Don't know                               Q51           75       .8      2.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     8910    100.0    335.7

0 missing cases;  2,654 valid cases



X1:         2   Europe

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          253     24.4     94.4
Email                                    Q39          257     24.8     95.9
Chat                                     Q40           72      6.9     26.9
Internet Phone                           Q41           28      2.7     10.4
Internet Fax                             Q42           26      2.5      9.7
Push                                     Q43           14      1.4      5.2
Audio                                    Q44           65      6.3     24.3
Video                                    Q45           54      5.2     20.1
Video conf                               Q46           36      3.5     13.4
Digital sig                              Q47           46      4.4     17.2
3-D                                      Q48           22      2.1      8.2
Java                                     Q49          103      9.9     38.4
Other                                    Q50           51      4.9     19.0
Don't know                               Q51           10      1.0      3.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1037    100.0    386.9

0 missing cases;  268 valid cases



X1:         3   Other

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          263     26.6     92.6
Email                                    Q39          276     27.9     97.2
Chat                                     Q40           60      6.1     21.1
Internet Phone                           Q41           27      2.7      9.5
Internet Fax                             Q42           21      2.1      7.4
Push                                     Q43            9       .9      3.2
Audio                                    Q44           78      7.9     27.5
Video                                    Q45           46      4.6     16.2
Video conf                               Q46           29      2.9     10.2
Digital sig                              Q47           33      3.3     11.6
3-D                                      Q48           18      1.8      6.3
Java                                     Q49           90      9.1     31.7
Other                                    Q50           38      3.8     13.4
Don't know                               Q51            2       .2       .7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      990    100.0    348.6

0 missing cases;  284 valid cases

Indispensable




X4:       .

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38           77     25.4     90.6
Email                                    Q39           79     26.1     92.9
Chat                                     Q40           15      5.0     17.6
Internet Phone                           Q41            6      2.0      7.1
Internet Fax                             Q42            5      1.7      5.9
Push                                     Q43            6      2.0      7.1
Audio                                    Q44           24      7.9     28.2
Video                                    Q45           17      5.6     20.0
Video conf                               Q46            9      3.0     10.6
Digital sig                              Q47            6      2.0      7.1
3-D                                      Q48           11      3.6     12.9
Java                                     Q49           30      9.9     35.3
Other                                    Q50           14      4.6     16.5
Don't know                               Q51            4      1.3      4.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      303    100.0    356.5

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X4:      1.00   Female

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          957     28.8     92.2
Email                                    Q39         1006     30.3     96.9
Chat                                     Q40          233      7.0     22.4
Internet Phone                           Q41           68      2.0      6.6
Internet Fax                             Q42           91      2.7      8.8
Push                                     Q43           45      1.4      4.3
Audio                                    Q44          213      6.4     20.5
Video                                    Q45          133      4.0     12.8
Video conf                               Q46           77      2.3      7.4
Digital sig                              Q47           59      1.8      5.7
3-D                                      Q48           50      1.5      4.8
Java                                     Q49          249      7.5     24.0
Other                                    Q50           98      3.0      9.4
Don't know                               Q51           39      1.2      3.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     3318    100.0    319.7

0 missing cases;  1,038 valid cases



X4:      2.00   Male

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38         2015     26.4     92.9
Email                                    Q39         2084     27.4     96.1
Chat                                     Q40          418      5.5     19.3
Internet Phone                           Q41          168      2.2      7.7
Internet Fax                             Q42          151      2.0      7.0
Push                                     Q43           96      1.3      4.4
Audio                                    Q44          624      8.2     28.8
Video                                    Q45          430      5.6     19.8
Video conf                               Q46          219      2.9     10.1
Digital sig                              Q47          230      3.0     10.6
3-D                                      Q48          133      1.7      6.1
Java                                     Q49          669      8.8     30.9
Other                                    Q50          334      4.4     15.4
Don't know                               Q51           48       .6      2.2
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     7619    100.0    351.4

0 missing cases;  2,168 valid cases

Indispensable




X2:         .

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          118     24.1     92.2
Email                                    Q39          121     24.7     94.5
Chat                                     Q40           24      4.9     18.8
Internet Phone                           Q41           12      2.5      9.4
Internet Fax                             Q42           15      3.1     11.7
Push                                     Q43           12      2.5      9.4
Audio                                    Q44           39      8.0     30.5
Video                                    Q45           32      6.5     25.0
Video conf                               Q46           16      3.3     12.5
Digital sig                              Q47           10      2.0      7.8
3-D                                      Q48           16      3.3     12.5
Java                                     Q49           44      9.0     34.4
Other                                    Q50           23      4.7     18.0
Don't know                               Q51            7      1.4      5.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      489    100.0    382.0

0 missing cases;  128 valid cases



X2:         1   11-20

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          154     21.3     88.5
Email                                    Q39          160     22.1     92.0
Chat                                     Q40           79     10.9     45.4
Internet Phone                           Q41           26      3.6     14.9
Internet Fax                             Q42           15      2.1      8.6
Push                                     Q43           13      1.8      7.5
Audio                                    Q44           61      8.4     35.1
Video                                    Q45           40      5.5     23.0
Video conf                               Q46           21      2.9     12.1
Digital sig                              Q47           20      2.8     11.5
3-D                                      Q48           22      3.0     12.6
Java                                     Q49           61      8.4     35.1
Other                                    Q50           44      6.1     25.3
Don't know                               Q51            8      1.1      4.6
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      724    100.0    416.1

0 missing cases;  174 valid cases



X2:         2   21-25

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          359     25.9     91.8
Email                                    Q39          368     26.5     94.1
Chat                                     Q40          109      7.9     27.9
Internet Phone                           Q41           30      2.2      7.7
Internet Fax                             Q42           20      1.4      5.1
Push                                     Q43           13       .9      3.3
Audio                                    Q44          119      8.6     30.4
Video                                    Q45           73      5.3     18.7
Video conf                               Q46           35      2.5      9.0
Digital sig                              Q47           40      2.9     10.2
3-D                                      Q48           24      1.7      6.1
Java                                     Q49          118      8.5     30.2
Other                                    Q50           67      4.8     17.1
Don't know                               Q51           12       .9      3.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1387    100.0    354.7

0 missing cases;  391 valid cases



X2:         3   26-50

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38         1910     27.5     93.0
Email                                    Q39         1997     28.7     97.2
Chat                                     Q40          383      5.5     18.6
Internet Phone                           Q41          142      2.0      6.9
Internet Fax                             Q42          150      2.2      7.3
Push                                     Q43           82      1.2      4.0
Audio                                    Q44          526      7.6     25.6
Video                                    Q45          350      5.0     17.0
Video conf                               Q46          201      2.9      9.8
Digital sig                              Q47          188      2.7      9.2
3-D                                      Q48          108      1.6      5.3
Java                                     Q49          601      8.6     29.3
Other                                    Q50          272      3.9     13.2
Don't know                               Q51           47       .7      2.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     6957    100.0    338.7

0 missing cases;  2,054 valid cases



X2:         4   50+

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          508     30.2     93.4
Email                                    Q39          523     31.1     96.1
Chat                                     Q40           71      4.2     13.1
Internet Phone                           Q41           32      1.9      5.9
Internet Fax                             Q42           47      2.8      8.6
Push                                     Q43           27      1.6      5.0
Audio                                    Q44          116      6.9     21.3
Video                                    Q45           85      5.1     15.6
Video conf                               Q46           32      1.9      5.9
Digital sig                              Q47           37      2.2      6.8
3-D                                      Q48           24      1.4      4.4
Java                                     Q49          124      7.4     22.8
Other                                    Q50           40      2.4      7.4
Don't know                               Q51           17      1.0      3.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1683    100.0    309.4

0 missing cases;  544 valid cases

Indispensable




X3:         .

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38           77     25.4     90.6
Email                                    Q39           79     26.1     92.9
Chat                                     Q40           15      5.0     17.6
Internet Phone                           Q41            6      2.0      7.1
Internet Fax                             Q42            5      1.7      5.9
Push                                     Q43            6      2.0      7.1
Audio                                    Q44           24      7.9     28.2
Video                                    Q45           17      5.6     20.0
Video conf                               Q46            9      3.0     10.6
Digital sig                              Q47            6      2.0      7.1
3-D                                      Q48           11      3.6     12.9
Java                                     Q49           30      9.9     35.3
Other                                    Q50           14      4.6     16.5
Don't know                               Q51            4      1.3      4.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      303    100.0    356.5

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X3:         1   <1 Year

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          308     26.6     87.5
Email                                    Q39          321     27.7     91.2
Chat                                     Q40           76      6.6     21.6
Internet Phone                           Q41           30      2.6      8.5
Internet Fax                             Q42           49      4.2     13.9
Push                                     Q43           19      1.6      5.4
Audio                                    Q44           86      7.4     24.4
Video                                    Q45           63      5.4     17.9
Video conf                               Q46           27      2.3      7.7
Digital sig                              Q47           15      1.3      4.3
3-D                                      Q48           24      2.1      6.8
Java                                     Q49           74      6.4     21.0
Other                                    Q50           41      3.5     11.6
Don't know                               Q51           26      2.2      7.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1159    100.0    329.3

0 missing cases;  352 valid cases



X3:         2   1-3 Years

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          987     27.2     92.9
Email                                    Q39         1019     28.1     96.0
Chat                                     Q40          255      7.0     24.0
Internet Phone                           Q41           86      2.4      8.1
Internet Fax                             Q42           93      2.6      8.8
Push                                     Q43           38      1.0      3.6
Audio                                    Q44          287      7.9     27.0
Video                                    Q45          194      5.3     18.3
Video conf                               Q46           91      2.5      8.6
Digital sig                              Q47           84      2.3      7.9
3-D                                      Q48           63      1.7      5.9
Java                                     Q49          279      7.7     26.3
Other                                    Q50          116      3.2     10.9
Don't know                               Q51           37      1.0      3.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     3629    100.0    341.7

0 missing cases;  1,062 valid cases



X3:         3   >4 Years

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38         1677     27.3     93.6
Email                                    Q39         1750     28.5     97.7
Chat                                     Q40          320      5.2     17.9
Internet Phone                           Q41          120      2.0      6.7
Internet Fax                             Q42          100      1.6      5.6
Push                                     Q43           84      1.4      4.7
Audio                                    Q44          464      7.5     25.9
Video                                    Q45          306      5.0     17.1
Video conf                               Q46          178      2.9      9.9
Digital sig                              Q47          190      3.1     10.6
3-D                                      Q48           96      1.6      5.4
Java                                     Q49          565      9.2     31.5
Other                                    Q50          275      4.5     15.3
Don't know                               Q51           24       .4      1.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     6149    100.0    343.1

0 missing cases;  1,792 valid cases

Indispensable




X6:         .

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38           77     25.4     90.6
Email                                    Q39           79     26.1     92.9
Chat                                     Q40           15      5.0     17.6
Internet Phone                           Q41            6      2.0      7.1
Internet Fax                             Q42            5      1.7      5.9
Push                                     Q43            6      2.0      7.1
Audio                                    Q44           24      7.9     28.2
Video                                    Q45           17      5.6     20.0
Video conf                               Q46            9      3.0     10.6
Digital sig                              Q47            6      2.0      7.1
3-D                                      Q48           11      3.6     12.9
Java                                     Q49           30      9.9     35.3
Other                                    Q50           14      4.6     16.5
Don't know                               Q51            4      1.3      4.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      303    100.0    356.5

0 missing cases;  85 valid cases



X6:         1   Novice

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          310     32.7     84.5
Email                                    Q39          333     35.1     90.7
Chat                                     Q40           63      6.6     17.2
Internet Phone                           Q41           19      2.0      5.2
Internet Fax                             Q42           26      2.7      7.1
Push                                     Q43            8       .8      2.2
Audio                                    Q44           40      4.2     10.9
Video                                    Q45           27      2.8      7.4
Video conf                               Q46           14      1.5      3.8
Digital sig                              Q47           12      1.3      3.3
3-D                                      Q48            8       .8      2.2
Java                                     Q49           43      4.5     11.7
Other                                    Q50           22      2.3      6.0
Don't know                               Q51           24      2.5      6.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      949    100.0    258.6

0 missing cases;  367 valid cases



X6:         2   Intermediate

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          801     29.1     92.0
Email                                    Q39          833     30.2     95.6
Chat                                     Q40          148      5.4     17.0
Internet Phone                           Q41           60      2.2      6.9
Internet Fax                             Q42           82      3.0      9.4
Push                                     Q43           39      1.4      4.5
Audio                                    Q44          196      7.1     22.5
Video                                    Q45          131      4.8     15.0
Video conf                               Q46           56      2.0      6.4
Digital sig                              Q47           47      1.7      5.4
3-D                                      Q48           45      1.6      5.2
Java                                     Q49          201      7.3     23.1
Other                                    Q50           83      3.0      9.5
Don't know                               Q51           35      1.3      4.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     2757    100.0    316.5

0 missing cases;  871 valid cases



X6:         3   Experienced

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38         1241     27.0     94.2
Email                                    Q39         1283     27.9     97.3
Chat                                     Q40          284      6.2     21.5
Internet Phone                           Q41           85      1.8      6.4
Internet Fax                             Q42           92      2.0      7.0
Push                                     Q43           57      1.2      4.3
Audio                                    Q44          364      7.9     27.6
Video                                    Q45          238      5.2     18.1
Video conf                               Q46          123      2.7      9.3
Digital sig                              Q47          131      2.8      9.9
3-D                                      Q48           83      1.8      6.3
Java                                     Q49          405      8.8     30.7
Other                                    Q50          191      4.2     14.5
Don't know                               Q51           25       .5      1.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     4602    100.0    349.2

0 missing cases;  1,318 valid cases



X6:         4   Expert

Group G51  Indispensable
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

WWW                                      Q38          620     23.6     95.4
Email                                    Q39          641     24.4     98.6
Chat                                     Q40          156      5.9     24.0
Internet Phone                           Q41           72      2.7     11.1
Internet Fax                             Q42           42      1.6      6.5
Push                                     Q43           37      1.4      5.7
Audio                                    Q44          237      9.0     36.5
Video                                    Q45          167      6.4     25.7
Video conf                               Q46          103      3.9     15.8
Digital sig                              Q47           99      3.8     15.2
3-D                                      Q48           47      1.8      7.2
Java                                     Q49          269     10.2     41.4
Other                                    Q50          136      5.2     20.9
Don't know                               Q51            3       .1       .5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     2629    100.0    404.5

0 missing cases;  650 valid cases


Source: GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey (Conducted October 1998)
URL:http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
Copyright 1998 GTRC - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Contact: www-survey@cc.gatech.edu

For more information or to submit comments:
send email to www-survey@cc.gatech.edu.

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