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Gallery3:Season of Usability 2009 Survey, Tasks, cont

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13: Site management

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Question 13. Do you currently manage your photos on your own site?
Number of valid answers 690

  • Yes: 614, 89%
  • No: 76, 11%



14: User accounts

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Question 14. If you answered yes above (you do manage your photos on your own website), how many users have accounts on it other than yourself?
Number of valid answers 617

  • Mean: 82.11
  • Standard deviation 1073.8


1 5 1 0 0 1 6 15 25 8 1 0 0 15 0 0 3 0 50 8 30 500 5 2 1 7 1 15 4 32 5 2 0 12 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 40 15 0 20 1 30 0 15 0 2 2 10 0 0 5 5 12 0 50 0 0 4 10 10 2 0 20 0 5 5 5 5 1 0 2 6 0 10 2 0 450 1 20 10 0 1 15 20 0 2 50 20 4 0 0 20 0 5 1000 15 2 0 2 9 0 1 12 2 20 0 10 150 0 2 10 2 8 15 0 2 50 0 1 0 10 1 40 0 1 4 5 3 3 30 1 20 3 1 6 0 20 6 22 5 100 20 35 10 30 2 10 100 50 5 0 0 6 2 200 5 2 10 10 0 10 5 10 5 1 0 2 3 1 1 5 1 25 9 2 0 25 0 0 8 0 30 0 30 2 0 2 100 0 30 3 0 0 3 2 0 60 7 0 20 15 0 4 3 20 0 0 3 4 5 0 40 3 15 30 20 4 1 0 1000 2 3 7 3 74 10 0 5 5 30 5 10 11 3 10 30 0 20 60 5 50 1 20 2 5 10 2 5 0 3 45 3 20 3 10 4 6 2 1 200 8 0 0 4 0 0 20 20 15 7 25 4 0 7 8 10 12 125 0 10 0 15 0 1 2 10 10 4 0 50 10 10 20 24 0 0 0 2 4 30 0 4 10 2 0 4 3 30 90 0 5 0 5 30 8 2 2 0 15 6 0 5 0 2 5 5 6 0 11 20 50 1258 12 1 2 0 0 32 0 1 10 6 25000 0 18 1 30 10 8 15 20 0 0 10 10 30 2 1 1 300 0 1000 5 20 1 0 10 2 0 0 200 5 0 2 2 110 10 2 40 0 8 10 0 25 1000 0 40 12 2 4 3 15 0 2 0 0 50 12 0 0 0 400 20 4 3 10 0 0 1 0 4 20 3 1 0 1 2 3 150 50 2 150 6 3 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 120 0 5 2 2 1 1 50 6 5 50 8 10 20 20 0 61 75 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 15 0 3 0 0 6 9000 1 3 0 0 0 0 80 270 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 2 25 12 0 15 8 20 2 0 30 1 3 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 20 0 20 0 2 5 1 0 2 2 0 2 25 500 27 20 3 25 0 1 1 5 0 30 0 20 23 6 214 0 0 14 0 0 2 3 5 0 10 5 30 51 0 0 5 1 1 1 350 5 15 30 14 3 10 1 15 13 10 0 0 1 300 1 4 400 3 50 5 1 0 0 7 50 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 10 0 10 16 4 24 0 20 15 20 5 0 1000 28 40 3 0 2

15: Familiarity with Gallery

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Question 15. How familiar are you with using Gallery, the open source photo management software?
Number of valid answers 698

  • I am a Gallery affiliate (developer, supporter): 26, 4%
  • I currently use Gallery for professional purposes: 62, 9%
  • I currently use Gallery for personal purposes: 515, 74%
  • I have used Gallery in the past, but do not currently use it: 50, 7%
  • I have viewed photos on someone else's Gallery site, but have not used Gallery myself: 9, 1%
  • I know what Gallery is, but have never used it: 18, 3%
  • I do not know what Gallery is: 18, 3%



16: Permissions

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Question 16. How do you handle permissions for your photos? (Check all that apply)
Number of valid answers 693

  • I have completely private albums that only I can view: 225, 32%
  • I restrict certain actions (like viewing in full size, printing, or commenting, etc.): 317, 46%
  • I do not limit permissions: 168, 24%
  • I create special albums I only share with certain people: 378, 55%
  • I limit the permission to view individual, private photos within public albums: 206, 30%
  • I create collaborative albums where others can add photos: 141, 20%
  • I have competition albums where others can upload their own photos, but not alter others' photos: 53, 8%
  • Other: 68, 10%



17: Permissions follow up

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Question 17. If you selected "other" above or would like to be able to utilize permissions to share photos in a different way, please tell us about it here:
Number of valid answers 75
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Photo-sharing tasks

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Question 18. Please rate the importance of the following photo-sharing tasks:
Number of valid answers 693
1= Not important, 5= Very important, x= Missed

Term: Adding metadata (tags, descriptions)
Average: 3.94
Standard deviation: 1.15
Number of valid answers: 691

  • 1: 30, 4 %
  • 2: 60, 9 %
  • 3: 119, 17 %
  • 4: 193, 28 %
  • 5: 286, 41 %
  • x: 3, 0 %


Term: Creating notifications/updates for subscribers
Average: 3.16
Standard deviation: 1.26
Number of valid answers: 692

  • 1: 86, 12 %
  • 2: 127, 18 %
  • 3: 176, 25 %
  • 4: 187, 27 %
  • 5: 110, 16 %
  • x: 6, 1 %


Term: Rearranging albums
Average: 4.31
Standard deviation: 0.88
Number of valid answers: 689

  • 1: 6, 1 %
  • 2: 28, 4 %
  • 3: 76, 11 %
  • 4: 218, 32 %
  • 5: 360, 52 %
  • x: 1, 0 %


Term: Managing user accounts
Average: 3.61
Standard deviation: 1.24
Number of valid answers: 691

  • 1: 47, 7 %
  • 2: 90, 13 %
  • 3: 155, 22 %
  • 4: 184, 27 %
  • 5: 211, 31 %
  • x: 4, 1 %


Term: Managing permissions of who can see certain photos
Average: 3.96
Standard deviation: 1.23
Number of valid answers: 692

  • 1: 38, 5 %
  • 2: 68, 10 %
  • 3: 101, 15 %
  • 4: 161, 23 %
  • 5: 322, 47 %
  • x: 2, 0 %


Term: Managing comments
Average: 3.38
Standard deviation: 1.26
Number of valid answers: 691

  • 1: 60, 9 %
  • 2: 116, 17 %
  • 3: 178, 26 %
  • 4: 167, 24 %
  • 5: 166, 24 %
  • x: 4, 1 %


Term: Customizing views
Average: 3.68
Standard deviation: 1.13
Number of valid answers: 689

  • 1: 33, 5 %
  • 2: 66, 10 %
  • 3: 175, 25 %
  • 4: 214, 31 %
  • 5: 191, 28 %
  • x: 10, 1 %



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