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Kindle SurveyMy name is Niall and I am an IT student at Sunderland University. I am currently doing a UXD (usability) study on the Kindle and would greatly appreciate it if anyone could spare 2 minutes to complete a short on-line survey. Its totally anonymous and just ticking boxes (no typing). To complete the survey just follow the link http://eyejudge.com/kindle If you can help I really would appreciate it. Thanks again Niall
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RE: Kindle SurveyPlease put a bowl of water out for hedgehogs and other night-time visitors, you might just save their life.
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NIALLMARSH|
Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Nov 2011 Thanked 0 times |
RE: Kindle SurveyThanks for taking the time to complete the survey. When designing a survey are lectures have instructed us to construct them like that to prevent users from just ticking and not reading but I do agree with you that it makes it very confusing. Thanks for the feed back and thanks again for taking the time to help much appreciated. Niall
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Administrator Posts: 4,577 Joined: Aug 2010 Thanked 49 times What I Read
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RE: Kindle SurveyI've just completed the survey too. Could you let us know the results when you have them in please. Barnacle Boy! We have to find those stolen Naggy Daddies!
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RE: Kindle SurveyThis post was last modified: 04 Nov 2011 11:56 PM by windyness.
Hi Niall,Not wishing to interfere with your research in any way, nor do I know what you're actually trying to research, but in my experience some of the most interesting and productive survey questions come in the form of freeform questions such as: 1. What would you change about your kindle? 2. What do you really like about your kindle? 3. What improvements would you make to the navigation on your kindle? 4. What are your feelings on digital publishing now that you've experienced (and invested in) it? This approach not only allows you to focus in on product weaknesses, but also allows you to tap into lots of new ideas from willing participants. Overall I think it gives a lot more insight, which multiple option answers can never achieve. In answer to my own questions: 1. I'd like it if when I pick up the Kindle it displays the cover and back of whatever book I'm reading, just as I would do with a 'real' book. And obviously very easy to do in software. It would make it 'more like' a book. 2. Its made me read a lot more. Free books have started me looking at classics more, yet I've been been more than happy to buy new ones very readily indeed. Whispernet is damned good. Amazon's 'samples' system is fantastic. 3. I find the navigation slightly clunky. For experienced IT users it should be a lot faster, but the interface limits what you can do. It seems very slow to navigate for a modern product, the new 'keyboardless' options can only make this worse. 4. I never thought I'd say this, but I suspect I'll buy almost all my paperbacks in Kindle format. Amazon's policy of storing purchases in an accessible 'cloud' for multiple devices makes me believe that my purchases will always be available even if I upgrade my device or if it fails catastrophically. I haven't explained this very well, nor will I here. Regards Jon
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Super Moderator Posts: 2,986 Joined: Mar 2011 Thanked 24 times What I Read
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RE: Kindle SurveyOnly happy when I am immersed in a good Kindle book
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Official KUF eBook Reviewer  Posts: 302 Joined: Jun 2011 Thanked 1 times What I Read
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RE: Kindle SurveyI've completed your survey. Although I am sure the results will be useful, I thought some of the questions were a bit ambiguous. As an example, one question asked whether books were downloaded 'directly by the Kindle' or 'Via Amazon' - but this completely fails to offer any other possibilty. I use Calibre to find and download books to my PC from Smashwords, Gutenburg Project, Amazon and many other places. These books are then sorted and transferred to my Kindle via USB. So how do I answer the question? Though I think you have done a reasonable job in designing the questionaire, and made a good decision by asking KUF members to help you gather data, great care must be taken in the phrasing of questions. I agree with the points made by Phil above. Protected by The Sword of Truth and The Shield of Honour
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RE: Kindle SurveyMartin
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NIALLMARSH|
Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Nov 2011 Thanked 0 times |
RE: Kindle SurveyThanks for taking the time to complete the survey and the feedback you have left, This information (including the feed back here) is invaluable for my study. Although a little confusing the the switch in the scales is a deliberate feature of the survey, this method is designed to prevent candidates from tick all to the left so to speak when completing the survey and helps in the accuracy of the data collected. I am making some adjustments to the welcome page to give candidates a heads up that the scales change from question to question. The Data gathered is to help build user persona profiles. The aim of the survey is to analyse the user experience and is not connected to any kind of marketing development. Once the survey is complete and I have gathered the results I will publish them to the EyeJudge web site and provide a link in this thread to anyone who is interested in seeing them. Again many thanks for your time, help and support. Niall
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