The Questions | 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?