HELP: Informix CD-ROM Doc Survey

Greetings! Informix will soon begin distributing our documentation on-line. We need your advice on how to provide our documentation in the form most suitable for all of you. Please take a few moments to fill out our survey (and to add any comments you wish) - let your voice be heard! Please e-mail your completed survey form to: robertw@informix.com Thanks much. Rob Weinberg Product Usability Manager Informix Software *** SURVEY: Informix Manuals on CD-ROM 1. What Informix products do you use regularly? [] Character-based tools [] Gateways [] SE [] OnLine [] GUI tools [] Other:________ 2. Is much of your work with Informix products performed on: [] a character-based terminal? ( []lots []not much []none ) [] MS-Windows? ( []lots []not much []none ) [] MOTIF? ( []lots []not much []none ) [] Other:__________ 3. If the Informix CD-ROM document set were viewable only from Windows, could you make use of it? [] yes, no problem [] could still make limited use of it [] couldn't use it 4. Do you have a CD-ROM drive: [] attached to your network, where it is used to load software and/or documentation onto your network. The CD drive is attached to a _________ computer. [] attached to to your workstation, available for your personal use [] other: __________ 5. Do you regularly use on-line documentation in the form of: [] "help" embedded in an application (choose one, please: []never [] occasionally []often ) [] complete manuals, mostly for look-up ( []never []occasionally []often ) [] complete manuals, where you read many pages ( []never []occasionally []often ) [] other: ___________ 6. If documentation for Informix products were available *only* in on-line form (no paper manuals), how well would it take care of your information needs compared to a hard-bound manual set? [] very well [] somewhat, not sure [] would not be of much help [] OK, but only if I can print out what I need 7. Which of these statements reflect your opinion of on-line documentation? [] It's much better than hard-copy manuals [] It's probably OK; I'll give it a try [] It's useless. I'd much rather have hard-copy [] It's clearly the only way to go - eventually all documents will be on-line [] other:____________________ 8. What kind of access to you have to the Internet Web? [] You don't have a link to the Web outside your site. [] You have Web access at your site, but you haven't tried it. [] You surf the Web at work via a graphical browser. [] other:_________________________ Are you interested in being a Beta user for a prototype of the Informix on-line document set on CD-ROM? ( [] yes [] no ) Can we contact you? ( [] yes [] no ) If yes, please provide contact information - name, company, e-mail, phone, city, state: Feel free to add other comments . . . +=================================+================================+ | Rob Weinberg | Technical Product Manager | | Email : robertw@informix.com | and Usability Guy | | Voice : 415-926-6754 | [imagine your ad here] | +=================================+================================+