Lyx User Questionnaire
This questionnaire will be used by students of the CS305 course at the
University of Regina to inform their semester’s work. Results of this
work will be contributed back to the lyx project. All replies sent
to me
directly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) will have all identifying
information
removed before anyone else sees them. This course project study has
been
approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina
([EMAIL PROTECTED]). If any publication follows the semester’s
work, your replies will not be directly quoted and your responses will
not be identifiable. [If you would like to be identified and associated
with your comments, please indicate that to me in your reply.] Your
completion (and return) of this questionnaire implies your consent for
the uses stated above.
Age: 18-25, 26-34, 34 – 50, 50+
How long have you used lyx?
How would you rate your level of expertise with lyx? (novice,
intermediate, expert)
How much time have you spent using LaTeX?
How would you rate your level of expertise with LaTeX? (novice,
intermediate, expert)
How much time have you spent using OpenOffice, Word (or another similar
tool)?
How would you rate your level of expertise with OpenOffice-like tools?
(novice, intermediate, expert)
In the following questions, you will be asked to compare Lyx with ONE
other text processing tool. First, what is the tool that you are using
for comparison? (referred to below as OTHER)
With respect to each of the features listed below, compare the
feature to
the text processing tool which you identified. Use this key for your
responses:
1 – lyx is MUCH WORSE than OTHER
2 – lyx is WORSE than OTHER
3 – lyx is BETTER than OTHER
4 – lyx is MUCH BETTER than OTHER
Then, please rate your level of satisfaction with the feature
1 - very unsatisfied
2 - unsatisfied
3 - satisfied
4 - very satisfied
5 - OTHER does not have this feature
6 - have not used this feature
Please add any comments you like about each feature.
-> Graphical User Interface (GUI) that gives access to all functions via
menus and mouse, as well as configurable key-bindings.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Standard word processor operations, like cut/paste, multiple open
documents, infinite undo/redo, and spellchecking.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Different text-classes allow you to create letters, articles, books,
movie scripts, and journal articles (to name a few).
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Numbered section headings, table of contents (with hypertext
functionality), and nested lists (AKA "outline mode").
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Interactive WYSIWYG math editor
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Support for writing documents in most European languages as well as
Right-to-Left languages like Hebrew and Arabic.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Support for writing multi-lingual documents.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Postscript® figures, with rotation, scaling, and captions
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Interactive WYSIWYG tables
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Footnotes and margin notes
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Labels/references and bibliography (including BibTeX support)
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Access to all LaTeX functionality with plain-latex-style
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Import LaTeX. Export LaTeX, Postscript®, DVI, ASCII, or send a fax
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> SGML-tools support (both LinuxDoc and DocBook DTDs)
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Literate programming support, via the "noweb" tool.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Menus, error messages, and key-bindings are available in many
languages
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Extensive documentation, including a beginner's tutorial. Some
documents have been translated from English.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
-> Quite fast and low memory requirements.
COMPARISON:
SATISFACTION:
COMMENTS:
These features were taken from http://www.lyx.org/about/features.php
(with
minor editing). Please list any other features that you think are
important (and please include your COMPARISON, SATISFACTION, and
COMMENTS
about each).
What do you like best about Lyx?
What would you most like to see added to Lyx?
Do you have any other comments that you would like to share?
--
Daryl H. Hepting, Ph.D.
Associate Professor * Computer Science Department * CW 308.22
University of Regina * Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting
tel: (306) 585-5210 * fax: (306) 585-4745
