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Developing the Roadmap - Director Next Survey

About You
40. How long have you been using Director?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
10 – 15 years
39.6% 120
5 – 10 years
29.4%89
Over 15 years
17.2%52
1 – 5 years
12.5% 38
Less than 1 year
1.3% 4
 answered question303
 
  
41. What was the first version of Director that you used?
 Response
Count
 answered question303
 
42. What is your primary development platform for Director projects?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Windows XP
59.1% 179
MacOS X (Intel)
23.1% 70
MacOS X (PPC)
8.9%27
Windows Vista
6.9%21
Other
2.0%6
 answered question303
 
  
43. What is the size of your development team?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Single developer
49.8%151
Small development team
44.6%135
Not applicable
3.0% 9
Large development team
2.6%8
 answered question303
 
  
44. What is the size of your organisation?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Very small organisation (<10 people)
38.0% 115
Single developer
26.4%80
Small organisation (<50 people)
19.8%60
Large organisation (> 250 people)
9.9%30
Medium organisation (< 250 people)
5.9% 18
 answered question303
 
  
45. How many Director developers work on a single project?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Single developer
59.1%179
Small number (2 - 5 people)
37.3%113
Medium (6 – 10 people)
2.0%6
Large (> 10 people)
0.3%1
I don't do development with Director
1.3% 4
 answered question303
 
  
46. How many non-Director Developers work on a single project? (such as art directors, graphic designers, animators, project managers, etc.)
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Small number (1 - 5 people)
67.0% 203
No other developers
18.8%57
Medium (6 – 10 people)
10.2%31
Large (> 10 people)
3.0%9
I don't do development with Director
1.0% 3
 answered question303
 
  
47. How often do you share code among multiple developers?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Occasionally
51.8% 157
Never
20.5%62
Frequently
17.8%54
Always
8.9%27
I don't write/use code
1.0% 3
 answered question303
 
  
48. What are the main types of products your business / educational institution create with Director?

From 303 responses, the results were very variad and broad. Question 1 and 2 in the How you use Director section give a more accurate representation of the categories of uses of Director. Below is a collation of the results in this question.(Note 'casual games' covers answers in the form of 'casual games', 'games', or 'shockwave games'.

educational products / software / tools / training 52
casual games (SW) 48
kiosk 33
multimedia presentations / business presentations 29
CD/DVD Rom 26
e-learning 23
Desktop Applications (Win/Mac) 22
3d games 13
simulation 7
prototyping 7
art 6
digital signage 6
49. What types of products do you create with non-Director tools? (select all that apply)
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Web Sites
63.0% 191
Multimedia Presentations
39.9% 121
E-Learning
32.7% 99
Rich Internet Application (RIA) Development
31.0%94
Desktop Application Development
30.0% 91
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Development
27.4%83
DVD Video
26.7%81
Online Games (non-3D)
19.5% 59
Kiosk Development
17.8% 54
3D Games (Online or Desktop)
17.5% 53
Rapid Prototyping
16.2%49
Digital Signage
8.6%26
Other
8.9%27
None
5.6% 17
 answered question303
 
  
50. How long does a typical project take to implement?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
1-3 months
42.9% 130
3-6 months
25.4% 77
Less than a month
15.8%48
More than 6 months
14.9%45
I don't do development with Director
1.0% 3
 answered question303