Web Directions

The Questions

Here’s a com­plete list of the ques­tions for the survey.

About the respondent

• What coun­try do you live in?
• How would you describe yourself?
• If “other”, how would you describe your role (in a word or two)?
• Which sec­tor do you work in
• Which size orga­ni­za­tion do you work for?

Operating sys­tems and browsers

• Which OS do you pri­mar­ily use for day to day work?
• If “other” then what is your pri­mary OS?
• Which browser do you pri­mar­ily use for day to day browsing?
• If “other”, please name it:
• What other browsers do you reg­u­larly use for reg­u­lar web use (for exam­ple a mobile browser)?
• Which browsers do you test your web sites with?
• What other browsers do you test your sites in?

Markup prac­tices and technologies

• Which type of markup do you use?
• If other, please describe your mix of markup, or use of other markup:
• How often do you val­i­date your markup?
• Which doc­type do you typ­i­cally declare for your pages?
• If other, what doc­type do you typ­i­cally declare?
• Do you use tables for layout?
• If you use any of the fol­low­ing HTML tags or prop­er­ties, please mark them:
• Do you use micro­for­mats in your markup?
• Do you use RDFa in your markup?

CSS and presentation

• Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your web design philosophy?
• Which of the fol­low­ing best describes your approach to devel­op­ing for mul­ti­ple browsers?
• Do you typ­i­cally use quirks mode when design­ing sites?
• Which of the fol­low­ing do you use CSS for?
• Describe what else you use CSS for:
• Which of these types of selec­tor do you reg­u­larly use?
• What other CSS selec­tors do you reg­u­larly use?
• Do you use any CSS3 or exper­i­men­tal CSS prop­er­ties, such as CSS tran­si­tions, trans­forms, ani­ma­tions, shadows?
• Which such prop­er­ties do you use?
• Do you use linked fonts with the @font-face statement?
• Which type of fonts do you link to?
• Do you use SVG?
• Do you use the Canvas element?
• Do you opti­mize your sites for devices other than laptops/​PCs?
• If “Yes”, what other devices do you opti­mize your web­sites for?

JavaScript, Ajax and the DOM

• Do you use JavaScript in your development?
• Which JavaScript libraries and frame­works do you use?
• If “other”, what other libraries and frame­works do you use?
• Do you strictly adhere to the W3C DOM, and avoid browser spe­cific extensions?
• Do you sep­a­rate your JavaScript from your markup (“unob­tru­sive JavaScript”)?
• What non W3C DOM meth­ods or prop­er­ties do you use regularly?

Plug-​​in media

• Do you incor­po­rate media into your sites that requires browser plu­g­ins to play?
• Which kinds of con­tent do you use?
• What other kinds of con­tent do you use?
• What do you use this kind of con­tent for?

Server side technologies

• What type of hard­ware do your sites run on?
• If other, what type of servers?
• What server soft­ware is used to serve your sites?
• If “other”, please list your server soft­ware here:
• Which oper­at­ing system(s) do your servers run?
• If “other”, please list your server OS(s):
• What data­base sys­tems do you use?
• If “other”, what data­base sys­tems do you use?
• Which pro­gram­ming lan­guages do you use?
• If “other”, what pro­gram­ming lan­guages do you use?
• Which back-​​end frame­works do you use for development?
• If “other”, what back-​​end frame­works do you use?