Comments on: First Annual InDesignSecrets Listener/Reader Survey

By: Jason Kivela

Jason Kivela — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:13:59 +0000

I use google reader to get the RSS feed from the website, and then click to read full articles as I have time and they interest me. Off to take the survey now…

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:52:10 +0000

Just took the survey. Love InDesignSecrets, wouldn’t change a thing. (I downloaded the first 60 or 70 episodes shortly after downloading the CS3 trial version. Ended up buying InDesign after listening to all those podcasts in about a week. Yes, I do sometimes here your theme music in my sleep. Why do ask?)

A quick note on the survey: the last question is for my name AND email in one line. Wouldn’t it be easier to parse if they were separate? Kills autofill too.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:27:22 +0000

@Roland: That IS strange! I wonder why the Edit dialog box appears like that in Firefox. We’ll look into it.

By: Nancy Bond

Nancy Bond — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:10:24 +0000

Hi – I also use Firefox

By: Roland

Roland — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:04:53 +0000

I’ll assume (despite the saying) that’s a question not just for DrWatson and say use Google Reader, but I don’t have this site added to it as I have it on Firefox’ Fast Dial plugin and always check it first thing in the morning while Outlook is downloading last night’s spam … I mean customer emails

By the way, I’m editing this post and find the edit box is hidden under the recent posts and recent comments “boxes”… Slightly annoying.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:13:10 +0000

DrWatson, hmmm. Good point. I looked at the survey and considered changing that question (or adding “via rss feed” as an answer) but we really are asking how often people visit the web site, just as the question asks.

It would have been a good idea to have added a couple questions about our RSS feed (like, it would help us to know which feed readers our audience prefers), though. Next survey! Thanks for the comment.

(So, which feed reader are you using?)

By: DrWatson

DrWatson — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:51:15 +0000

You might add “I’m following the website via the rss-feed” as an option in the survey. That’s kind of visiting it daily, but not the same thing. However, I think it also is different from visiting the site just “a few times a week”, isn’t it?