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Choose the best things about AutoCAD 2009 (up to 3)

  • Ribbon (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Menu Browser (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Quick Access Toolbar (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Smaller floating toolbars (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Status bar changes (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Action Recorder (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Modeless layer interface (21%, 7 Votes)
  • Quick View Layouts/Drawings (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Quick Properties (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Spell checking in text editor (30%, 10 Votes)
  • Rollover tooltips for objects (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Enlarged tooltips for user interface (0%, 0 Votes)
  • ViewCube (18%, 6 Votes)
  • Steering Wheel (3%, 1 Votes)
  • ShowMotion (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Geographic Location (3%, 1 Votes)
  • DWFx (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Off-white model space background (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Drawing recovery changes (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Updated button images (3%, 1 Votes)
  • LISP bug fixes (12%, 4 Votes)
  • Scale List bug fixes (12%, 4 Votes)
  • Other bug fixes (12%, 4 Votes)
  • Improvements available only in vertical products (18%, 6 Votes)
  • Other improvements in base AutoCAD (9%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 33

Start Date: 11 July 2008 @ 2:38 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Do you think the 12-month release cycle is harming the quality of AutoCAD and its variants?

  • Definitely (65%, 65 Votes)
  • Probably (20%, 20 Votes)
  • Don’t know (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Probably not (8%, 8 Votes)
  • Definitely not (5%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 100

Start Date: 4 July 2008 @ 3:33 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What do you think of AutoCAD 2009’s new button images?

  • Love them (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Like them (11%, 10 Votes)
  • Don’t care much but don’t mind Autodesk doing it (17%, 15 Votes)
  • Don’t care much but would prefer if Autodesk hadn’t done it (23%, 20 Votes)
  • Dislike them (18%, 16 Votes)
  • Hate them (21%, 18 Votes)

Total Voters: 87

Start Date: 30 June 2008 @ 10:49 am
End Date: No Expiry

AutoCAD 2009 non-Ribbon users: why don’t you use it?

  • Uses up too much screen space (64%, 35 Votes)
  • Doesn’t make good use of my screen size/shape (45%, 25 Votes)
  • Using it minimised requires an extra click/hover (47%, 26 Votes)
  • Tab concept means extra clicks (65%, 36 Votes)
  • Dislike concept of hiding tools - want buttons to stay visible (60%, 33 Votes)
  • Tab switching is too slow (45%, 25 Votes)
  • Button click reaction is too slow (38%, 21 Votes)
  • Turning it off saves startup time (31%, 17 Votes)
  • Ribbon content doesn’t match my needs (44%, 24 Votes)
  • All the commands should be on it (27%, 15 Votes)
  • Express Tools are missing (33%, 18 Votes)
  • Other things I use frequently are missing (40%, 22 Votes)
  • Too hard to find things (51%, 28 Votes)
  • No advantage over existing methods (64%, 35 Votes)
  • Customising it is too difficult (44%, 24 Votes)
  • Don’t like the colour scheme (16%, 9 Votes)
  • Don’t like fuzzy text (ClearType) (25%, 14 Votes)
  • Using a vertical product that doesn’t make use of the Ribbon (24%, 13 Votes)
  • Want to avoid training expense/inconvenience (18%, 10 Votes)
  • Want to avoid initial productivity reduction (18%, 10 Votes)
  • Inconsistent with other programs we use (e.g. Office pre-2007) (13%, 7 Votes)
  • Opposition to Microsoft’s influence (24%, 13 Votes)
  • I’m a Luddite and resist change for the sake of it (7%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 55

Start Date: 20 June 2008 @ 12:01 pm
End Date: No Expiry

AutoCAD 2009 users: in what state do you usually have your Ribbon?

  • Horizontal and fully visible (10%, 8 Votes)
  • Horizontal and minimised to panel titles (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Horizontal and minimised to tabs (8%, 6 Votes)
  • Vertical, floating and fully visible (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Vertical, floating and auto-hiding (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Vertical, docked and fully visible (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Vertical, docked and auto-hiding (Anchor left or right) (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Turned off (71%, 55 Votes)

Total Voters: 77

Start Date: 28 May 2008 @ 2:25 pm
End Date: No Expiry

How good is AutoCAD 2009? First reactions to shipping product.

  • Best release ever (7%, 5 Votes)
  • Very good (12%, 9 Votes)
  • Good (9%, 7 Votes)
  • OK (11%, 8 Votes)
  • Fair (15%, 11 Votes)
  • Bad (22%, 16 Votes)
  • Very bad (7%, 5 Votes)
  • Worst release ever (18%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 74

Start Date: 1 May 2008 @ 8:49 am
End Date: No Expiry

Dissatisfied Migration voters - how many users do you support?

  • Just myself (17%, 3 Votes)
  • 2 to 5 (11%, 2 Votes)
  • 6 to 10 (17%, 3 Votes)
  • 11 to 20 (22%, 4 Votes)
  • 21 to 50 (6%, 1 Votes)
  • 51 to 100 (11%, 2 Votes)
  • 101 to 500 (11%, 2 Votes)
  • 501 to 1000 (6%, 1 Votes)
  • Over 1000 (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 18

Start Date: 20 April 2008 @ 12:00 am
End Date: No Expiry

Satisfied Migration voters - how many users do you support?

  • Just myself (11%, 1 Votes)
  • 2 to 5 (22%, 2 Votes)
  • 6 to 10 (33%, 3 Votes)
  • 11 to 20 (11%, 1 Votes)
  • 21 to 50 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 51 to 100 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 101 to 500 (11%, 1 Votes)
  • 501 to 1000 (11%, 1 Votes)
  • Over 1000 (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 9

Start Date: 20 April 2008 @ 12:00 am
End Date: No Expiry

If you don’t use Migration, why not? (Multiple choices allowed)

  • Use an AutoCAD-based product that doesn’t support Migration (13%, 3 Votes)
  • Use AutoCAD in its out-of-the-box state so don’t need it (8%, 2 Votes)
  • It’s not documented so I don’t know what it will do (17%, 4 Votes)
  • It has failed or worked badly in the past (50%, 12 Votes)
  • It doesn’t work properly in my environment (42%, 10 Votes)
  • Prefer to have a clean start (25%, 6 Votes)
  • Have my own tools and methods (46%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 24

Start Date: 20 April 2008 @ 12:00 am
End Date: No Expiry

How satisfied are you with AutoCAD’s Migration?

  • Totally satisfied (17%, 4 Votes)
  • Generally satisfied (17%, 4 Votes)
  • Generally dissatisfied (29%, 7 Votes)
  • Totally dissatisfied (38%, 9 Votes)

Total Voters: 24

Start Date: 20 April 2008 @ 12:00 am
End Date: No Expiry

Which AutoCAD release is the best when compared with its predecessor?

  • Version 1.4 (1%, 2 Votes)
  • Version 2.0 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Version 2.1 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Version 2.5 (0%, 1 Votes)
  • Version 2.6 (0%, 1 Votes)
  • Release 9 (1%, 2 Votes)
  • Release 10 (0%, 1 Votes)
  • Release 11 (1%, 2 Votes)
  • Release 12 (2%, 5 Votes)
  • Release 13 (4%, 8 Votes)
  • Release 14 (23%, 46 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2000 (12%, 24 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2000i (4%, 8 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2002 (7%, 14 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2004 (4%, 8 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2005 (5%, 10 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2006 (6%, 12 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2007 (8%, 16 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2008 (11%, 22 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2009 (11%, 22 Votes)

Total Voters: 204

Start Date: 20 March 2008 @ 10:18 am
End Date: No Expiry

Speculate on how good you think AutoCAD 2009 will be

  • Best release ever (6%, 5 Votes)
  • Very good (10%, 9 Votes)
  • Good (16%, 14 Votes)
  • OK (30%, 26 Votes)
  • Fair (20%, 18 Votes)
  • Bad (6%, 5 Votes)
  • Very bad (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Worst release ever (3%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 88

Start Date: 13 March 2008 @ 12:22 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What do you think of advertising on blogs?

  • All advertising is evil (14%, 6 Votes)
  • Prefer if it wasn’t there (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Don’t mind as long as it’s unobtrusive (31%, 13 Votes)
  • Just ignore it (14%, 6 Votes)
  • Don’t care, it’s the content that matters (12%, 5 Votes)
  • It’s up to the blogger, nothing to do with me (2%, 1 Votes)
  • If it helps keep a good blog running, it’s a good thing (14%, 6 Votes)
  • Love advertising and click on links all the time (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

Start Date: 6 March 2008 @ 12:23 pm
End Date: No Expiry

AutoCAD 2009’s model space background defaults to off-white. If/when you use 2009, would you change this?

  • No, I love its creamy goodness (9%, 9 Votes)
  • Yes, to white (4%, 4 Votes)
  • Yes, to black (53%, 54 Votes)
  • Yes, to some other light shade (12%, 12 Votes)
  • Yes, to some other dark shade (8%, 8 Votes)
  • Yes, to some other mid-range shade (5%, 5 Votes)
  • Don’t know, I will try it and decide later (10%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 102

Start Date: 6 March 2008 @ 10:28 am
End Date: No Expiry

Which AutoCAD release was the first you ever used?

  • Version 1.0-1.3 (4%, 4 Votes)
  • Version 1.4 (3%, 3 Votes)
  • Version 2.0 (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Version 2.1 (7%, 7 Votes)
  • Version 2.5 (5%, 5 Votes)
  • Version 2.6 (10%, 10 Votes)
  • Release 9 (11%, 11 Votes)
  • Release 10 (17%, 17 Votes)
  • Release 11 (8%, 8 Votes)
  • Release 12 (14%, 14 Votes)
  • Release 13 (6%, 6 Votes)
  • Release 14 (6%, 6 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2000 (2%, 2 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2000i (0%, 0 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2002 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2004 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2005 (3%, 3 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2006 (1%, 1 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2007 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2008 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • AutoCAD 2009 (2%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 101

Start Date: 1 March 2008 @ 7:28 pm
End Date: No Expiry

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