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We'd like to know what you think of Rational Access. Please take about
15 minutes to fill out the following questionaire or, if you prefer,
just jot down your comments and send them by e-mail to Ra_Comments.


PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE?
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How long have you been using the Rational Environment?  __________


What do you do on the Environment? (Please rank from 1 to 8, with 1
being the operation you perform most frequently. Leave blank those
things you don't do.) 

    ___ Implement Ada programs
    
    ___ Design Ada programs
    
    ___ QA and testing
    
    ___ Manage the R1000 system
    
    ___ Build tools for the R1000 
    
    ___ Text processing and administrative usage
    
    ___ Send and receive mail
    
    ___ Other (please specify)


Which Rational interface mechanism(s) have you used in the past?

    ___ Rational terminal           ___ Facit terminal
    
    ___ Rational X-Interface (RXI)  ___ Rational Windows Interface (RWI)
    
    ___ Other (please specify)


Which Rational interface mechanism are you most comfortable with?

    ___ Rational terminal           ___ Facit terminal
    
    ___ Rational X-Interface (RXI)  ___ Rational Windows Interface (RWI)

    ___ Other (please specify)


What X applications do you use frequently? 
    


Would you characterize yourself as someone who prefers to use:

    ___ Keyboard accelerators       ___ Mouse and menus
        and function keys

    

WHAT FEATURES OF ACCESS HAVE YOU USED?
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Have you used the Image Directory?  ___ yes   ___ no
    
Have you created your own buttons?  ___ yes   ___ no
    
    If yes, what menu items did you place on buttons?
    

Have you used the online help facility? ___ yes   ___ no

    From the main Help menu? ___ yes   ___ no
    
    From a dialog box? ___ yes   ___ no

Did you use the online Function Key template? ___ yes   ___ no



DID ACCESS MEET YOUR NEEDS?
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Did the operations do what you expected?

    ___ Mouse                       ___ Function keys
    
    ___ Other key bindings          ___ Menus
    
    --- Dialog boxes


Were the actions you wanted to perform conventient?




What actions do you think took you the longest to find?




Is there anything you still haven't figured out how to do?
    



Is there anything you would add or change in the mouse operations?




Is there anything you would add or change in the function key bindings?




Is there anything you would add or change in the menu content/names/layout?




What do you like best about Rational Access?




What did you like least?




HOW ARE YOU ACCESSING ACCESS?
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What type of machine is your direct interface?

    ___ IBM Rs6000                  ___ Sun workstation
    
    ___ PC via eXceed               ___ other
    
Where is Rational Access executed from?

    ___ IBM Rs6000                  ___ Sun Sparcstation
    
What flavor of UNIX are you running? _________________




WHAT DOCUMENTATION WOULD YOU FIND USEFUL?
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What did you do to introduce yourself to Rational Access?

    ___ Attended a demo             ___ Received a personal tutorial
    
    ___ Read the Overview           ___ Read the Description
    
    ___ Nothing, began using Access without an introduction


What additional online documentation would you find useful?




What additional printed documentation would you find useful?




What single piece of documentation would you find most useful?



FINAL RECOMMENDATATION?
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Would you recommend the Access interface for new Environment users?

    ___ Definitely yes
    
    ___ Probably
    
    ___ Maybe
    
    ___ Probably not
    
    ___ Definitely not

    
Would you recommend the Access interface for current Environment users?

    ___ Definitely yes
    
    ___ Probably
    
    ___ Maybe
    
    ___ Probably not
    
    ___ Definitely not

    
Is there anything else you'd like to comment on?




Thank you!

PLEASE RETURN THIS QUESTIONAIRE BY FAX TO DHB AT 408-496-3636 OR BY
E-MAIL TO RA_COMMENTS