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It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
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I have never seen a [what the title says] after installing Office, VS, SQL Server or more recently Visual C# 2005 Express
So how can I select it?
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is that not enough people participate. And MS doesnt seem to react.
So there is always room for improvement.
Greetings from Germany
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KarstenK wrote: And MS doesnt seem to react.
Um, have you read anything about Office 12?
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I think he meant just for Windows XP.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
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Did/Does Windows XP (or Office XP) have one?
Ðavid Wulff
What kind of music to programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.
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Office XP had one I think. Don't think Windows XP had one.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
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Maybe MS should provide some gifts for the one take the survey
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no
Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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And noone tells you in plain words what they actually do, and how they are going to use this data (except by valuing my privacy. Do they have customer experience professionals employed that sit there, staring at my data, and value my privacy by not talking about it to anyone?)
Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
Linkify!|Fold With Us!
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peterchen wrote: Do they have customer experience professionals employed that sit there, staring at my data, and value my privacy by not talking about it to anyone?)
Sounds like they're in dire need of some sort of... compiler... for plain English...
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I always do and whenever other software or a website provides the option I also always participate.
If you trust a company enough to install their software or use their website then you should generally trust them enough to use your usage data responsibly and usefully.
I'd actually like to see a global store of optional usage data that all developers can query. It would be very useful to know what and how people use software of all types when building your own.
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I always do it to, especially for the installation programs that ask for it. How can I expect them to fix the obscure little bigs that rise from time to time if I don't let them know about it? I participate in the Office usuage one as well, because Office 2007 has shown they take that data onboard when designing future products.
Ðavid Wulff
What kind of music to programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.
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I do too. I'd love it if the software I work on could have such feedback. It is always the customers that find the fiddliest bits of problems. In all intent and purposes you can not test on all environments nor can you anticipate all possible scenarios.
Note: I am not saying dump the software on your customers so they can find the bugs albeit at some stage this is a risk you have to take 
Ant.
I'm hard, yet soft.
I'm coloured, yet clear.
I'm fruity and sweet.
I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return! - David Walliams (Little Britain)
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As a developer, I realise the way to create better software is to know how and and why my customers use my products. It would be slightly disingenuous of me not to help Microsoft in the same way.
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Michael P Butler wrote: I realise the way to create better software is to know how and and why my customers use my products
Yes as long as you have a controled sample it produce good results.. but as a designer when you start listening to every one.. some time it is also not really good
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I never used to participate, but what changed my mind was the Office 12 blogs and how they said the Office team could back up their UI decisions with data collected from hundreds of millions of installs indicating how people used the Office apps. So now I participate in the hopes that when I do something like, oh say hunt through Vista's 7 different "display settings" pages for the 20th time because I can never remember where some particluar checkbox is, MS will see that and rethink that design.
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Interesting. I never get into the vote this early! Seems my vote tied it at 1 apiece for the first three options.
Guess which options I selected. 
Marc
Thyme In The CountryPeople are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith
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haha, don't tell you've never heard of the Microsoft customer.. uh.. uh.. support... uh.. you know what I'm talking about.. the one you voted for..
Got a coding problem? Hand it to the CodeDevil!
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Its the idiot who stops learning and the wise that keep asking you questions!!!!
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According to the current result
I never participate – should have a vote by the time you vote since it is having the most number of votes now
So your vote has to go to either “I usually participate” or “I sometimes participate”, since I have two to select and also knowing you a little I would say you voted for “I sometimes participate”.
Correct??
L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Guess which options I selected.
Can you guess which options I would guess as you voted
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But only if I have free time -- which is usually not very often. 
As a developer, I understand the difficultly in getting feedback sometimes. I also feel like that sometimes, this is one of the few oportunities I have where MS is listening to my opinions. So if I have the opportunity, I try.
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Yup, I agree.
Customer feedback is important, and when people start to realize that they may make the difference, participation in those kind of programs should increase.
The down side it that what's cool for us developers(minority) may not be for the average customer(majority), what may lead us to a world when computers are directed to people outside computer related areas (if it not took place already).
Just a thought...
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