Thunderbird:Participation:Surveys:2010 Q3
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Contents
Goal
- get a sense of currently engaged contributors and their needs
How
- using SurveyGizmo
- no personally identifying info will be collected
- report, analysis, and conclusions will be blogged after survey completed
- report will include a table of all responses
Links
- Post Mortem
- Todo
- Survey Links
- Blog Post
Who
- self-selected group of readers of:
- tb-planning (dmose)
- dev-apps-thunderbird (dmose)
- tb-enterprise (dmose)
- blogs
- dmose
- spreadthunderbird (rebron)
- dev-l10n (dmose)
- getsatisfaction & sumomo related lists, mz contribs (roland)
- qa-testing (ludo)
- mozilla.support.thunderbird (ludo)
Draft Questions
- How enjoyable do you find contributing to Thunderbird?
- very enjoyable
- enjoyable
- neutral
- unenjoyable
- very unenjoyable
- not applicable
- What areas are you most involved in?
- coding & review
- testing or QA
- support
- development
- design
- marketing
- documentation
- localization
- other [text field]
- Are your contributions to Thunderbird part of how you earn your living?
- Yes
- No
- Additional Comments [text field]
- What are the one or two things you find most unpleasant or frustrating about contributing to Thunderbird (multiple answers allowed)?
- disagree with the project direction or decisions
- getting code into the tree is too difficult
- work venues (Bugzilla, GetSatisfaction, mailing lists, etc.) too hostile
- too hard to effect change in the product or community
- too hard to figure out how to effect change in the product or community
- other: [text field]
- What are the one or two things you find most enjoyable or rewarding about contributing to Thunderbird (multiple answers allowed)?
- helping further the Mozilla Mission
- having my efforts help millions of people
- being part of the Thunderbird team
- being able to solve problems that effect me or my organization personally
- other: [text field]
- How long have you been contributing to thunderbird?
- I haven't, yet
- < 1 month
- 2-6 months
- 7-12 months
- 1-3 years
- > 3 years
- How often do you typically spend time contributing to Thunderbird?
- most days
- a few times a week
- a few times a month
- a few times a quarter
- a few times a year
- occasionally
- other [text field]
If you have any interest in discussing anything related to this confidentially and/or in more detail, please send email to Dan Mosedale <dmose@mozilla.org>. All replies will be answered.