Re: Proposal for an Emacs User Survey

[Philip K.]

I can't seem to find anyone here mentioning it, but it seems the survey
has been opened today:

    https://emacssurvey.org/

Sadly, it seems like they decided to use non-free JS for the web-form
variant :(

Adrien Brochard <abrochard@gmx.com> writes:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I posted on reddit.com/r/emacs yesterday a proposal to craft and
> distribute a survey for Emacs users to better grasp the diversity and
> various usages out there. I got some very good feedback but there could
> always be more.
>
> The main points that need to be worked out are:
> 1. the actual questions to be asked
> 2. the platform to collect responses
>
> Regarding the questions, I have a decent skeleton and a lot of suggestions.
>
> But the for the platform to collect responses, this is where it gets
> difficult. Something like a Google survey might the easiest/cheapest to
> make and distribute and will work on most devices, but it obviously has
> privacy concerns. On the other hand, doing something like self-hosting a
> no-JS form is very time consuming. I was also thinking of allowing
> responses via email for people who do not want to bother with a survey
> link and then manually reconcile responses.
>
> Links to the posts with the tentative questions:
> -
> https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/j6x7ad/proposal_for_an_emacs_user_survey/
> -
> https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/b2fh4y/help_reviewprovide_feedback_on_state_of_emacs/
>
> Thank you for reading!
> Best,
> Adrien
>
>

-- 
        Philip K.