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Developing the Roadmap - Director Next Survey

How do you use Director
1. My primary use of Director is (select one only):
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Games Total (Includes SW/Desktop, 2D/3D)
23.6% 98
Desktop Application Development
22.4%93
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Development
20.2%84
3D Games (Shockwave or Desktop)
16.9%70
Kiosk Development
7.5% 31
Multimedia Presentations
7.2%30
Shockwave Games (non-3D)
6.7% 28
E-Learning
5.3% 22
Rapid Prototyping
2.9% 12
Education (Teaching Director)
2.7% 11
Rich Internet Application (RIA) Development
1.9% 8
Digital Signage
1.7%7
Other
4.6%19
 answered question415
 
  
'Other' includes:
simulation (includes instructional/visualisation), games other, installation (public), art, productivity tools, system prototyping, embedded gaming (gambling).
2. I use Director for any of the following purposes (select all that apply):
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Development
66.3% 275
Desktop Application Development
61.9%257
Multimedia Presentations
53.5% 222
Kiosk Development
45.1%187
E-Learning
42.4%176
3D Games (Shockwave or Desktop)
32.8% 136
Rapid Prototyping
31.1%129
Shockwave Games (non-3D)
28.9%120
Rich Internet Application (RIA) Development
22.9% 95
Education (Teaching Director)
10.8%45
Digital Signage
8.4% 35
Other
9.6%40
 answered question415
 
  
Main 'other' includes:
art, simulations, educational software, installation (public), other games
3. The version of Director that I use most is (select one only):
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
10.x (Director MX 2004)
72.3% 300
11
19.0% 79
9.x (Director MX)
4.3% 18
8.5
3.6% 15
8.0 or earlier
0.7%3
 answered question415
 
   
4. What is the approximate mix of online (Shockwave) and offline (Projector) work that you do? (select one that best suits)
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Projector only
31.1% 129
Mostly Projector / Occasional Shockwave
30.1% 125
75% Projector / 25% Shockwave
9.9% 41
50% Projector / 50% Shockwave
10.6% 44
75% Shockwave / 25% Projector
4.8% 20
Mostly Shockwave / Occasional Projector
9.9%41
Shockwave only
3.6% 15
 answered question415
 
   
5. In relation to your Director projects, how ‘programming-centric’ is your work?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Very code dependent
45.3% 188
My projects are completely code-based
30.8% 128
Some complex interactivity
16.6%69
Mostly simple interactivity
5.1% 21
I hardly ever write any code
2.2% 9
 answered question415
 
   
6. What language do you use to program in Director? (select one that best matches)
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Mostly Dot Syntax (foo.count)
69.9%290
Mixture of Verbose and Dot Syntax Lingo
23.1%96
Mostly Verbose Style (the count of foo)
3.6% 15
Mostly Javascript Syntax
3.4%14
 answered question415
 
   
7. Do you use commercial Xtras? Which ones?
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Buddy API
67.5% 280
Printomatic
36.9% 153
3DPI
27.2%113
Mpeg Advanced
27.0% 112
Arca/Valentina/Other Database Xtra
20.5%85
Impressario
20.2%84
OSControl
19.5%81
vList
12.8% 53
Alphamania Photocaster
11.6% 48
Enhancer Xtra
9.2% 38
DirectFTP
7.5% 31
TreeView
6.7% 28
MediaPlayer Xtra
4.8% 20
SecureNet
4.6%19
Other
35.4%147
I don't use commercial Xtras at all
13.7% 57
 answered question415
 
  
8. What competitors to Director do you use to replace Director development? (select all that apply)
 Response
Percent		Response
Count
Flash
60.7%252
AIR
12.8% 53
Unity
11.8% 49
NET
8.4%35
Java
7.7%32
Real Basic
5.1% 21
Other
17.1%71
None
28.0% 116
 answered question415
 
  
Main 'Other' includes:
Processing, Runtime Revolution, Zinc, C++, Flex, Torque, HTML