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Hello folks :

I'm working on my dissertation (submitted for diploma) with the title
"Graphical Input Devices". The issue of this is the evaluation about,
which input device is best for several applications. This public available
report will give important information about the implementation of 
userinterfaces to software designers. The Study is made at, and supported 
by the TH Darmstadt, University of Technology.

There is no statistical survey about that subject avalilable. I want to
start such a survey under the readers of the graphic - related newsgroups
and other interested persons.

Therefor, please contribute this sheet to colleagues and also to other
interested peoples.

I'm also interested in people not reading this Newsgroup answering this
sheet. If you see any chance of realizing this survey (in form of paper)
with all (or a greater part) of the employees with graphic - related jobs,
please send a short mail and I will contact you.

EVERY INTERESTED PERSON, WHO SEND BACK THE SHEET, WILL RECEIVE THE RESULTS
OF THE SURVEY (and the whole "Diplomarbeit").

New ideas, remarks, suggestions are welcome!

Thaks in advance,

Jens Gallenbacher.

gallenba@igd.fhg.de

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Sheet of questions about input - devices

It is guaranteed, that personal data is used only for statistical purpose.
This data will not be shown to third persons!

Please answer as many questions as possible.

I'll mail the results of my work to every interested person mailing back
this sheet.

I. Organisatory

(1) My e-mail address :

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(2) I'm interested in the results :

- ( ) Yes  ( ) No

(3) I'll answer eventually upcoming questions via e-mail :

- ( ) Yes  ( ) No

II. Education

(1) I have following degrees / final education (please write type and subject)

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(2) I work with computers since

- 19..

(3) I work with graphical input devices since

- 19..

(4) I began to deal with computers

( ) For my current job
( ) For any previous job
( ) Private

(5) My age is (in years)

-

III. Field of work

(1) I work with following computer - configuration :

- Workstation / PC / computer type :

- Display : ( ) color or ( ) black and white

  size : ... Inch

  resolution : ... x ... Pixel

- Graphical input devices (please write type and manufacturer)

  Keyboard	: ( ) Norm (PC-like)  ( ) ...

  Mouse		: ( ) optical  ( ) 1 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 Buttons ( ) ...

  Trackball	:

  Lightpen	:

  Tablet	:

  Joystick	:

  Touchscreen	:

  Voice 	:

  Dials		:

  Dataglove	:

  Spaceball	:
  (Ball you can push, pull and twist in all directions)
  ...		:
  
  ...		:

  ...		:

(2) I work with following graphic software (please write name and
    manufacturer precisely)

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(2a) Does this software have an UNDO - function?

- ( ) Yes  ( ) No

(3) The answering - time of the complete system after graphical input is
    about (please mark the minimum with #, the norm with * and the maximum
    with $).

(    ) less than 1/2 second
(    ) less than 1 second
(    ) less than 2 seconds
(    ) less than 5 seconds
(    ) less than 10 seconds
(    ) less than 30 seconds
(    ) less than 1 minute
(    ) more than 1 minute

(4) I describe my field of work as following :

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(5) How many hours do you work at the computer per day?

-

(6) Besides that, how many hours do you work at computer related tasks, but
    not at any computer or terminal (i.e. software engineering)

-

(7) I am a

- ( ) user  ( ) programmer

IV. Input device related questions

(1) Please valuate the input devices you use with regard to (a) the order
    you learned the use of the device (first device=1...), (b) the
    (re-) adaption time for this device (in days), (c) the frequency of
    use (0=no use, 1=test only, 10=permanent) and (d) the comfort of input
    with the devices in 2 and 3dimensional applications.

Device		Order	Adap-	Use	Comfort
			tion		2D	3D
		(Nr.)	(Days)	(Mark)	(Mark)	(Mark)

(1)Keyboard

(2)Mouse

(3)Trackball

(4)Lightpen

(5)Tablet

(6)Joystick

(7)Touchscreen

(8)Voice

(9)Dials

(10)Dataglove

(11)Spaceball

(12)...

(13)...

(14)...

(15)...

(2) I work parallelly with maximal

... input devices.

(3) Please write down for each given activity the three input devices you
    prefer in the order of preference.
    (i.e. "-Spaceball  -Mouse  -Tablet" or by number "-11  -2  -5")

Input of commands (input / selection of commands and orders)

-		-		-

Selection in short menues

-		-		-

Positioning

-		-		-

Chain - positioning (e.g. drawing a polyline)

-		-		-

Input of values or sizes

-		-		-

Selection of objects

-		-		-

Translation of objects in 2D (movement in x or y)

-		-		-

Translation of objects in 3D (movement in x, y or z)

-		-		-

Rotation of objects in 2D (rotation to right or left)

-		-		-

Rotation of objects in 3D (rotation round x, y or z)

-		-		-

Scaling 2D (enlarge / reduce in x or y)

-		-		-

Scaling 3D (enlarge / reduce in x, y or z)

-		-		-

Free - style painting

-		-		-

Flowing lines (splines, interpolated lines, ...)

-		-		-

...

-		-		-

...

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...

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(4) Using graphical input I produce the following amount of errors per hour :

- easy to correct (with 1-3 keypresses / clicks)  : ...

- more difficult to correct: ...	 

V. Misc

(1) I have following remarks / suggestions to that sheet :

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