Re: gathering data on how people use Emacs

[Bastien]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> Polling the users is not a matter of simply counting votes.
> The most important part of the answer is "why".
> What is the scenario in which a certain feature is helpful
> or inconvenient?  What aspect of it is helpful or
> inconvenient?

Fully agreed.  

I suggested simple questions, not simple answers.

> Thus, trying to use better technology to count votes is missing
> the point of the poll.

Yes.  The whole point of using the form I proposed is precisely to get
detailed comments and scenarii, not raw yes/no.

If people suggest a list of questions and associated fields for such a
poll, I'd happily draft a new one.

-- 
Bastien