Gallery3:Season of Usability 2009 Survey, Motivations, cont

Motivations, continued

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6: Engaging with photos

Element started 844 Participants
Element finished 741 Participants
Drop-Out 12%
Time to finish 3:33 min (s=19,86 min)
multiple answer

Question 6. How do you engage with photos on the web? (Check all that apply.)

• Number of valid answers 722
  
• View personal photos of friends/family, 643, 89%
• View personal photos of people who are not friends/family, 276, 38%
• View photos from an event I've attended, 521, 72%
• View photos from an organization or group I belong to (eg. volunteer, hobby group, etc.), 359, 50%
• Post personal photos to share with friends/family only, 526, 73%
• Post personal photos to share with a general audience, 313, 43%
• Post photos from an event I've attended, 490, 68%
• Post photos to share with an organization or group I belong to (eg. volunteer, hobby group, etc.), 325, 45%
• Display amateur photography (not for sale), 330, 46%
• Display professional photography (not for sale), 86, 12%
• Display or sell non-photographic visual artwork, 38, 5%
• Display images for some other business purpose, 100, 14%
• Purchase photographic images, 33, 5%
• Purchase non-photographic visual artwork, 13, 2%
• Sell my amateur photographic images, 67, 9%
• Sell my professional photographic images, 49, 7%

7: Preferences in choosing how to share

Element started 844 Participants
Element finished 741 Participants
Drop-Out 12%
Time to finish 3:33 min (s=19,86 min)
matrix question

Question 7. Please indicate how important the following preferences are to you when choosing how to manage and share your photos:
Number of valid answers 721
1= Not important, 5= Very important, x= missing

Term: Managing access permissions to my photos
Average: 4.16
Standard deviation: 1.14
Number of valid answers: 719

• 1: 30 4 %
• 2: 49 7 %
• 3: 94 13 %
• 4: 151 21 %
• 5: 394 55 %
• x: 1 0 %

Term: Hosting photos on my own site (rather than a hosting service)
Average: 4.51
Standard deviation: 0.91
Number of valid answers: 718

• 1: 18 3 %
• 2: 17 2 %
• 3: 50 7 %
• 4: 128 18 %
• 5: 501 70 %
• x: 4 1 %

Term: Using open source software
Average: 4.32
Standard deviation: 1
Number of valid answers: 716

• 1: 18 3 %
• 2: 27 4 %
• 3: 83 12 %
• 4: 159 22 %
• 5: 419 59 %
• x: 10 1 %

Term: The community environment in which I share photos
Average: 3.08
Standard deviation: 1.28
Number of valid answers: 716

• 1: 107 15 %
• 2: 103 14 %
• 3: 198 28 %
• 4: 167 23 %
• 5: 102 14 %
• x: 39 5 %

Term: Having images hosted by a trustworthy operator
Average: 3.81
Standard deviation: 1.37
Number of valid answers: 718

• 1: 75 10 %
• 2: 49 7 %
• 3: 103 14 %
• 4: 142 20 %
• 5: 299 42 %
• x: 50 7 %

Term: The cost of the service or software
Average: 4.23
Standard deviation: 0.98
Number of valid answers: 718

• 1: 15 2 %
• 2: 24 3 %
• 3: 115 16 %
• 4: 180 25 %
• 5: 370 52 %
• x: 14 2 %

Term: The usability of the service or software
Average: 4.66
Standard deviation: 0.6
Number of valid answers: 716

• 1: 1 0 %
• 2: 4 1 %
• 3: 32 4 %
• 4: 160 22 %
• 5: 516 72 %
• x: 3 0 %

Term: The variety of editing features available
Average: 3.06
Standard deviation: 1.31
Number of valid answers: 718

• 1: 103 14 %
• 2: 153 21 %
• 3: 184 26 %
• 4: 145 20 %
• 5: 129 18 %
• x: 4 1 %

Term: The extensibility of the software (Ability to be modified by changing and adding features)
Average: 3.89
Standard deviation: 1.04
Number of valid answers: 716

• 1: 17 2 %
• 2: 58 8 %
• 3: 149 21 %
• 4: 248 35 %
• 5: 241 34 %
• x: 3 0 %

8: Comfort level with technology

Element started 844 Participants
Element finished 741 Participants
Drop-Out 12%
Time to finish 3:33 min (s=19,86 min)
Matrix question

Question 8. In general, how comfortable are you with using new technologies or new software?
Number of valid answers 720
1= Not comfortable, 5= Very comfortable
Average 4.74
Standard deviation 0.52
Number of valid answers 720

• 1 1 0 %
• 2 2 0 %
• 3 16 2 %
• 4 145 20 %
• 5 556 77 %
• x 0 0 %

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