The second part of the survey focused on UBBDev and the services we provide to the users. Most users visit UBBDev for a variety of reasons, particilarly for hacks, conversation and support. Only 38% of the respondents indicated that they come to UBBDev for Graphics/Templates, and indication that we can do a better job in meeting your eye-candy needs. As such, this is one area that we will try to improve upon, so keep an eye out for a re-organization and re-design of our graphics database, as well as additional tutorials and guides to assist you in jazzing up your UBB™.
Most respondents are using the tried and true methods of implementing hacks using a File Editor. Although a growing number are using various auto-installs. For UBBDev this means that we will continue to focus on documentation standards to ensure that modifications are easy to implement, as well as continue our commitment to making hacks available via multihack or other install programs. A large group of the respondents (40%) indicate that they re-write the code on their own. For UBBDev, this means we should encourage coders to share their development and actively release their modifications.
Overall people seem to be pleased with the service provided by the staff at UBBDev. We do make an effort to try to respond to all questions, but occasionally a few slip through the cracks. With improvements to the search function, members should be able to check older threads for questions that may have already been asked and answered. Over 75% of the respondent rated UBBDev at least Very Good. As a reminder, please use the
Suggestions Forum to indicate any areas where you feel we can improve.
There was a fairly even distribution of responses for our U-Zine. Some read all of the articles and interviews, while nearly an equal amount don't read it at all. For those of you who don't read the U-Zine (and as a result probably aren't reading this article), we'd like to hear ways we can improve the U-Zine to make it more usable and valuable for you. We recently announced that we are open to contributions from members, but so far nobody has taken us up on that offer. If you have some ideas, we'd love to hear them.
Finally, we asked what version browser you use. The majority of the respondents are using Internet Explorer, which comes as no surprise. However, there are a significant number of users who are using other browsers as well. For UBBDev, this reaffirms our commitment toward implementation of standards such as XHTML Transitional templates and CSS Standards so that UBBDev renders properly for all.
With that said, we would like to thank each of you for taking the time out to respond to the poll. We will likely conduction another poll in several months to see where we have made improvements.
Now for the moment you've been waiting for...the door-prize! The winner of our prize...an Official Infopop Mousepad is ... (drum roll, please),
BlueWave ...congratulations and thanks for your entry. Please contact us to arrange delivery of this great collectors item!
