Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
It all seems thoroughly Quantesque, Still, if it will hardly matter if the results are published as widely as the last one. At 18:20 17/02/2010 +, you wrote: On Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 17:27:09 Derek Stewart wrote: I selected option 1, which I took to be; I Strongly Agree I will be introducing the wrong information in the survey now. The Survey should of been proof read before being published. That was all my fault. When testing the survey I did spot that there should have been an indication to which was Strongly Agree/Strongly disagree but I forgot to ask Keith to change this. The spellings and inconsistencies were also all my fault. I did try to incorporate the suggestions that had been sent in when it was initially planned, and each time we do this, hopefully we will get better. I notice that Keith and Dan have now added a comment to which is Strongly Agree on the scale and Dilwyn's suggestions on some of my spelling mistakes have now been corrected. The reason for the lack of collecting a name or email address was down to the idea that the results should be available to all and I did not want any possibility that someone could complain about lack of data protection if they could be identified. Any comments about the survey are welcomed as I would like to see it run much more regularly so everyone can see how we are changing. I suppose while I am writing I do have a question? Has anyone produced a virtual machine containing an emulator that could be moved from machine to machine, OS to OS? Regards John ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2687 - Release Date: 02/14/10 07:35:00 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
On 16 Feb 2010, at 21:52, Derek Stewart wrote: Just done the Survey on my Ubuntu box, all seems to go fine. The only thing I could see wrong was the scale of 1-5 was missing, I selected 1 as strongly agree Hm!! I thought that 5 was strongly agree. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
On 17/02/2010 15:44, gdgqler wrote: On 16 Feb 2010, at 21:52, Derek Stewart wrote: Just done the Survey on my Ubuntu box, all seems to go fine. The only thing I could see wrong was the scale of 1-5 was missing, I selected 1 as strongly agree Hm!! I thought that 5 was strongly agree. George Me too. -- Regards, Stephen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
Op Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:09:54 +0100 schreef John Gilpin thegilp...@btinternet.com: Please spend a few minutes filling in the survey (no personal details are required) This will enable QUANTA to better support its members and the QL fraternity as a whole. Looking through the questionnaire a few new questions came up. 1) What is meant by a QL derivative? The explanation in my English Dictionaries doesn't tell me how to apply this to the QL. 2) The QXL is missing from the various hardware lists. 3) There was also a question for most used QLing platform. Wouldn't it be interesting to know how this compares to say other PC use? Looking through the list for the second time I could not find this item again and may have submitted the incomplete survey by mistake, so please ignore. 3) I could not find a link on the Quanta site for this survey. So it's now limited to QL-users who have got the link. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.chello.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
Bob Spelten wrote: Op Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:09:54 +0100 schreef John Gilpin thegilp...@btinternet.com: snip Looking through the list for the second time I could not find this item again and may have submitted the incomplete survey by mistake, so please ignore. How can they ignore it? They don't know which are *yours*. I too submitted an incomplete survey while browsing just as you did. There just has to be a 'SUBMIT SURVEY' button at the end. That combined with the invalid question that does not define 1-5 means I think that the survey will have to be started again I reckon. Can I suggest that name/email be asked for at the very least. Also did the questions have numbers? If not they should. It is hard to discuss here without that. Tony Firshman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
On 17 Feb 2010, at 16:17, Tony Firshman wrote: That combined with the invalid question that does not define 1-5 means I think that the survey will have to be started again I reckon. At least you can tell how many strong feelings there were. 3 = don't care. 1,5 = I strongly something. 2,3 = well perhaps so. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
gdgqler wrote: On 17 Feb 2010, at 16:17, Tony Firshman wrote: That combined with the invalid question that does not define 1-5 means I think that the survey will have to be started again I reckon. At least you can tell how many strong feelings there were. 3 = don't care. 1,5 = I strongly something. 2,3 = well perhaps so. (8-)# Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
I selected option 1, which I took to be; I Strongly Agree I will be introducing the wrong information in the survey now. The Survey should of been proof read before being published. Derek Tony Firshman wrote: gdgqler wrote: On 17 Feb 2010, at 16:17, Tony Firshman wrote: That combined with the invalid question that does not define 1-5 means I think that the survey will have to be started again I reckon. At least you can tell how many strong feelings there were. 3 = don't care. 1,5 = I strongly something. 2,3 = well perhaps so. (8-)# Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
On Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 17:27:09 Derek Stewart wrote: I selected option 1, which I took to be; I Strongly Agree I will be introducing the wrong information in the survey now. The Survey should of been proof read before being published. That was all my fault. When testing the survey I did spot that there should have been an indication to which was Strongly Agree/Strongly disagree but I forgot to ask Keith to change this. The spellings and inconsistencies were also all my fault. I did try to incorporate the suggestions that had been sent in when it was initially planned, and each time we do this, hopefully we will get better. I notice that Keith and Dan have now added a comment to which is Strongly Agree on the scale and Dilwyn's suggestions on some of my spelling mistakes have now been corrected. The reason for the lack of collecting a name or email address was down to the idea that the results should be available to all and I did not want any possibility that someone could complain about lack of data protection if they could be identified. Any comments about the survey are welcomed as I would like to see it run much more regularly so everyone can see how we are changing. I suppose while I am writing I do have a question? Has anyone produced a virtual machine containing an emulator that could be moved from machine to machine, OS to OS? Regards John ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
John Gilpin wrote: This is a World Wide call to ALL QLers QUANTA has just made its 2010 Survey live at:- http://quanta.nikad.net//index.php?sid=88977lang=en http://quanta.nikad.net/index.php?sid=88977lang=en Please spend a few minutes filling in the survey (no personal details are required) This will enable QUANTA to better support its members and the QL fraternity as a whole. Thank You. John Gilpin (on behalf of the QUANTA Committee.) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Not sure what the 4 questions are at the bottom of the second page - Qjump / Sandy / Datel ? -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk http://www.rwapservices.co.uk -- Try out our new site: http://sellmyretro.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
John Gilpin wrote: This is a World Wide call to ALL QLers QUANTA has just made its 2010 Survey live at:- http://quanta.nikad.net//index.php?sid=88977lang=en http://quanta.nikad.net/index.php?sid=88977lang=en Please spend a few minutes filling in the survey (no personal details are required) This will enable QUANTA to better support its members and the QL fraternity as a whole. Thank You. John Gilpin (on behalf of the QUANTA Committee.) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm Question on page 4 - Quanta survey (*How do you feel about the topics in the newsletter?) needs some guidance as to what the numbers represent. Beyond that it worked for me in IE v8 -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk http://www.rwapservices.co.uk -- Try out our new site: http://sellmyretro.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
Not sure what the 4 questions are at the bottom of the second page - Qjump / Sandy / Datel ? -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services I think this was meant to imply 'any other hardware by these companies not covered elsewhere in this question' Pity really, the question ended up with some specifics (e.g. Expandaram, from Miracle and Silicon Express Insider disk interface) and some generalities. The Silicon Express one was my fault, I went through the survey in too much of a hurry when asked to take a look at it, and managed to miss the more general intention of the original question, I should have just asked to put Silicon Express there rather than the disk interface reference. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
John Gilpin wrote: This is a World Wide call to ALL QLers QUANTA has just made its 2010 Survey live at:- http://quanta.nikad.net//index.php?sid=88977lang=en http://quanta.nikad.net/index.php?sid=88977lang=en Please spend a few minutes filling in the survey (no personal details are required) This will enable QUANTA to better support its members and the QL fraternity as a whole. Some issues: 1) you do not take user details, so have no way of checking fro duplicate entries. 2) The question How do you feel about topics. does not define what the 1 to 5 scale is so is impossible to answer. I put in all '1's simply to escape the page. 3) When one answers the question Have you visited the Quanta website with Yes another question appears, which is something like 'How often - and includes the item Never! 4) I do not understand the 4 extra items at the bottom of the hardware list.- it covers some of the earlier hardware. 5) Minerva has two versions - MKI and MKII - you have only one item on the hardware page. 6) You ask when was the last show you attended. I cannot remember but you don't allow for this. I entered '' to escape! 7) You ought to say when the last page has been reached. I went through to check some of the above entering totally dummy data, but entered this by accident as I had no idea where the end was. so my question 1 is critical. You really have to ask for the person's details. Clearly you don't check IP address for duplicates. 8) Astracom modem was designed and sold especially for the QL. 9) I missed it on my dummy checking run, but there is a question about what mice one uses for the QL, but misses superHermes. I daren't struggile again through adummy questionnaire again to check (8-)# 10) I think you missed 'relays' off the hardware list. I also don't remember the Miracle centronics and others interfaces. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
Just done the Survey on my Ubuntu box, all seems to go fine. The only thing I could see wrong was the scale of 1-5 was missing, I selected 1 as strongly agree Derek Tony Firshman wrote: John Gilpin wrote: This is a World Wide call to ALL QLers QUANTA has just made its 2010 Survey live at:- http://quanta.nikad.net//index.php?sid=88977lang=en http://quanta.nikad.net/index.php?sid=88977lang=en Please spend a few minutes filling in the survey (no personal details are required) This will enable QUANTA to better support its members and the QL fraternity as a whole. Some issues: 1) you do not take user details, so have no way of checking fro duplicate entries. 2) The question How do you feel about topics. does not define what the 1 to 5 scale is so is impossible to answer. I put in all '1's simply to escape the page. 3) When one answers the question Have you visited the Quanta website with Yes another question appears, which is something like 'How often - and includes the item Never! 4) I do not understand the 4 extra items at the bottom of the hardware list.- it covers some of the earlier hardware. 5) Minerva has two versions - MKI and MKII - you have only one item on the hardware page. 6) You ask when was the last show you attended. I cannot remember but you don't allow for this. I entered '' to escape! 7) You ought to say when the last page has been reached. I went through to check some of the above entering totally dummy data, but entered this by accident as I had no idea where the end was. so my question 1 is critical. You really have to ask for the person's details. Clearly you don't check IP address for duplicates. 8) Astracom modem was designed and sold especially for the QL. 9) I missed it on my dummy checking run, but there is a question about what mice one uses for the QL, but misses superHermes. I daren't struggile again through adummy questionnaire again to check (8-)# 10) I think you missed 'relays' off the hardware list. I also don't remember the Miracle centronics and others interfaces. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
Derek Stewart wrote: Just done the Survey on my Ubuntu box, all seems to go fine. The only thing I could see wrong was the scale of 1-5 was missing, I selected 1 as strongly agree Exactly why the answers to this question are not usable. I took '1' as strongly disagree! Also as the survey does not take names and is therefore subject to abuse, I think it should be withdrawn and re-started. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QUANTA Survey
Tony Firshman wrote: Derek Stewart wrote: Just done the Survey on my Ubuntu box, all seems to go fine. The only thing I could see wrong was the scale of 1-5 was missing, I selected 1 as strongly agree Exactly why the answers to this question are not usable. I took '1' as strongly disagree! Also as the survey does not take names and is therefore subject to abuse, I think it should be withdrawn and re-started. I ouight to say how professional it looks. From my experience with the first survey, I know how hard it is to compile the cgi. One extra feature that would be great would be to review ones answers, and then a final click to confirm. I know I got some questions wrong the first time, and my second foray entering rubbish simply to check the questions again was accidentally submitted. Of course with no name there is no way this can be found and deleted. Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
