Inkscape Survey

The purpose of this ticket wold be to come up with a survey so Inkscape project maintainers would have a better idea on what is working, and what the project could try to improve.

The list of questions is the following (1st draft):

  1. What country are you from?
    • Dropdown list of countries with full name written
  2. What is the main language you consume Inkscape application?
    • Dropdown list of languages inkscape UI has translations
  3. What is your Operating System?
    • Linux
    • MS Windows
    • macOS
  4. How would you judge your own inkscape knowledge?
    • Beginner (never used the application before)
    • Intermediate (know my way around fairly well)
    • Advanced (know how to use extensions, filters and XML editor)
    • Hard core (know how to debug, write inkscape extensions, use inkscape from command line)
  5. How often do you use inkscape?
    • 1x /week
    • 2x /week
    • 3x /week
    • Daily
    • 1x /month
    • Sporadic
  6. What is your main use of inkscape (multiple choices)
    • Design icons
    • PCB (Print Circuit Board)
    • Engineering
    • Maps
    • Logos
    • Printed Media
    • Digital/Web Media
    • Create Fonts
    • Laser Cutting
    • Vinyl Cutting
    • Sublimation
  7. Do you subscribe to any mailing lists from the project?
    • Announcements
    • Board of Directors (by invite only)
    • Devel
    • Docs
    • Infrastructure
    • Packagers
    • Packagers
    • Translators
    • Users
    • Vectors (marketing)
  8. Would you like to volunteer to be part of any of these teams (if you already are not)? If yes, which ones?
    • Announcements
    • Board of Directors (by invite only)
    • Devel
    • Docs
    • Infrastructure
    • Packagers
    • Packagers
    • Translators
    • Users
    • Vectors (marketing)
  9. Have you used the forum before? (https://inkscape.org/forums/)
    • Yes
    • No
  10. Would you consider donating money for specific features to be developed?
    • Yes
    • No
  11. Would you be willing to contribute to the inkscape project?
    • Yes
    • No
  12. How?
    • Donating money
    • Volunteering my free time to help the project
  13. Would you recommend Inkscape to your friends (yes/no)? Why?
    • Yes
    • No
  14. Why?
    • Answer
  15. Did you know that Inkscape is run entirely by volunteers in their spare time (as in: no company backing, no paid work)?
    • Yes
    • No
  16. Would you be more encouraged to contribute to the project (in whatever form) if you knew more about what other people are contributing?
    • Yes
    • No
  17. Have you ever contributed to any Software Freedom project? (I'm using "free" instead of "open source" on purpose because I have at least two examples where I donated to freeware that is not open source.)
    • Yes
    • No
  18. Do you use Inkscape in a commercial context?
    • Yes
    • No
  19. What communication methods do you use?
    • Chat
    • Forums
    • Twitter
    • Mailing list
    • Gitlab
    • None
  20. Any final comments about Inkscape?
    • Open ended answer.
Edited by Ghost User