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| Do you work alone, or do you work for a company? (Votes: 110) | | Poll Closing Date : 2010-06-29 | #1 I work alone, solo baby! (47)
#2 I work for a large firm of more than 15 people (26)
#3 I work with a medium sized firm, less than 15 people (19)
#4 I work with a small firm, less than 5 people (15)
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| How much time does the DESIGN phase (not the production) for a web site design take you on average? (Votes: 254) | | Poll Closing Date : 2010-05-16 | #1 Around 10 hrs (63)
#2 Around 25 hrs (63)
#3 Around 5 hrs (37)
#4 Around 50 hrs (34)
#5 Less than 5 hrs (32)
#6 Over 100 hrs (21)
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| What type of mobile phone do you use? (Votes: 147) | | Poll Closing Date : 2010-02-15 | #1 Smartphone (61)
#2 Basic Phone (52)
#3 GSM Device (12)
#4 Pocket PC Device (9)
#5 Other (8)
#6 CDMA Phone (4)
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| What's your favorite current web browser? (Votes: 257) | | Poll Closing Date : 2009-12-15 | #1 Firefox (118)
#2 Chrome (40)
#3 Internet Explorer 8 (34)
#4 Safari (30)
#5 Internet Explorer (6 & 7) (16)
#6 Opera (10)
#7 Other (6)
#8 Navigator (1)
#9 Camino (0)
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| How many different jobs have you had in the last 5 years? (Votes: 99) | | Poll Closing Date : 2009-09-14 | #1 1-2 I enjoy where I work. (62)
#2 3-5 I work hard. (18)
#3 12+ I am a web designer or telemarketer :) (12)
#4 6-8 I enjoy change. (3)
#5 9-12 I like to keep the door open. (2)
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| How old is your iPhone, Blackberry, PDA, Cell Phone? (Votes: 200) | | Poll Closing Date : 2009-05-17 | #1 More than 18 months! (59)
#2 2 months old or less (42)
#3 12-18 months (41)
#4 6-12 months (28)
#5 3-6 months (27)
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| Will you be upgrading your Adobe products to CS4? (Votes: 149) | | Poll Closing Date : 2009-02-20 | #1 No, cannot afford it. (44)
#2 Yes, I already have! (36)
#3 I'm not sure if I want/need to yet. (23)
#4 No, I am happy using my older CS versions. (16)
#5 Yes, but haven't yet done so. (14)
#6 Nope, no need! (12)
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| Which IM do you use? (Votes: 809) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-12-19 | #1 MSN Messenger (245)
#2 Yahoo Messenger (105)
#3 Google Talk (75)
#4 Adium (74)
#5 Skype (66)
#6 AIM (ICQ) (54)
#7 None (40)
#8 QQ (34)
#9 Trillian (22)
#10 Pidgin (22)
#11 iChat (20)
#12 Other (12)
#13 Meebo (10)
#14 Gadu-Gadu (9)
#15 Miranda (5)
#16 Jabber (4)
#17 Xfire (3)
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| How often do you completely power down your work station? (Votes: 226) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-10-03 | #1 Once at the end of the day (105)
#2 Never, I use sleep / hibernate mode (57)
#3 Weekends mostly (37)
#4 2-3 times a day (26)
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| Are you going to buy the iPhone 3G? (Votes: 119) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-08-02 | #1 Nope - I'm happy with what I've got. (36)
#2 Yes - but probably not right now. (27)
#3 No way! Don't like it much. (20)
#4 Perhaps, still undecided. (18)
#5 Yes! I can't wait! (16)
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| How long since your last major computer purchase (excluding your iPhones and PDAs)? (Votes: 225) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-07-10 | #1 2-3 years (62)
#2 It's been about a year or so... (35)
#3 Less than 6 months (32)
#4 Less than a month (28)
#5 4-5 years (26)
#6 Less than a year (24)
#7 5-10 years (Houston, we have a problem).. (8)
#8 10 years or more (We want to see your homepage). (7)
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| What version of Photoshop do you use? (Votes: 508) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-05-31 | #1 Photoshop CS3 Extended (170)
#2 Photoshop CS2 (132)
#3 Photoshop CS3 (102)
#4 Photoshop CS (47)
#5 Photoshop 7 or older (45)
#6 Elements 6 (4)
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| Do you still worry about InternetExplorer 5 when developing? (Votes: 123) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-04-01 | #1 Not any more, it's pretty old, so we mostly forget about it. (94)
#2 We still support IE 5 browsers sometimes. (16)
#3 We definitely support it. (7)
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| Do you find it a hassle/problem for developing? (Votes: 36) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-03-01 | #1 I still develop in Flash 8 since I know most people have that plug-in. (12)
#2 Not at all (11)
#3 I will wait a while until I'm sure most users will have the Flash 9 plug-in. (11)
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| How do you iPhone users like it? (Votes: 208) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-02-09 | #1 It's the best! (61)
#2 Other (58)
#3 It's nice, but not great. (34)
#4 It's OK, but Blackberry is just as good for a lot of reasons (18)
#5 Bought it, hated it. (16)
#6 It's not good.. prefer Treo or Blackberry (14)
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| Is Google still your number one search engine? (Votes: 247) | | Poll Closing Date : 2008-01-11 | #1 Yes, definitely! (197)
#2 It's Ok (28)
#3 No, there are better ones (12)
#4 Definitely not! (10)
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| What do you think of Mac's OS X Leopard? (Votes: 167) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-12-17 | #1 I've not tried it... yet. (49)
#2 It's everything I dreamed of and more! (33)
#3 Doesn't really matter to me. (32)
#4 It's fine, does what I need, nothing extraordinary. (27)
#5 Not impressed. (19)
#6 Linux boxes are still the best! (5)
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| PC, laptop, mobile phone, etc. (Votes: 339) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-11-13 | #1 1-3 (158)
#2 4-6 (102)
#3 7-9 (38)
#4 10-12 (18)
#5 19+ (16)
#6 13-15 (3)
#7 16-18 (1)
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| What's your favorite tech news site? (Votes: 115) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-10-04 | #1 Digg (18)
#2 Other (17)
#3 Fox (11)
#4 Google News (10)
#5 CNN (10)
#6 Wired News (9)
#7 Yahoo News (8)
#8 c|net (7)
#9 Slashdot (6)
#10 Msnbc (4)
#11 Reuters (4)
#12 ZDNet (3)
#13 ABC (3)
#14 CBS (2)
#15 USA Today (1)
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| Would you like to see this feature on CHP? Would you like to be able to post your web design or development questions for others, or to help others by answering their questions? (Votes: 29) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-09-15 | #1 This could be a great feature - please do it! (9)
#2 No, don't care (8)
#3 Yeah, this would be cool (7)
#4 Maybe... not sure if I'd use or or help others (5)
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| What do you think of the new iMac? (Votes: 119) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-08-29 | #1 Totally cool and ultra hip! A must have! (48)
#2 Apple... Never really cared about it much. PC for me! (27)
#3 It's snazzy and all, but not worth Steve's keynote. (15)
#4 The new iMac... It's the same thing! Don't really care. (9)
#5 I'm happy with what I have right now. I see no need for it. (8)
#6 Boring! I want an iPhone! (7)
#7 iMac? Who cares? What about linux? (3)
#8 Hate it! When is Steve going to invent the iEverything? (1)
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| Which is the best open source CMS that you're most comfortable using? (Votes: 140) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-08-06 | #1 Joomla! (45)
#2 Other (24)
#3 Drupal (21)
#4 WordPress (17)
#5 PHP-Nuke (11)
#6 Mambo (6)
#7 Plone (5)
#8 XOOPS (3)
#9 e107 (1)
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| Will you be purchasing Apple's iPhone this summer? (Votes: 265) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-07-12 | #1 Nah, I don't want to spend the money (71)
#2 I'm not sure if I want to yet, I'm going to wait and see. (45)
#3 Maybe, but it is pretty expensive. (29)
#4 No, I don't want to switch carriers. (27)
#5 Yes, without a doubt! (I'm already with ATT) (25)
#6 No, I can't switch carriers (I have a contract) (22)
#7 Yes, but I have to switch carriers. (20)
#8 Maybe, but not quite sure yet. (20)
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| How many web sites do you design a year? (Votes: 242) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-06-03 | #1 More than 10 sites (104)
#2 2-3 sites (45)
#3 4-5 sites (31)
#4 1 or less sites (29)
#5 6-10 sites (27)
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| Where do you get your software? (Votes: 384) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-04-20 | #1 I pay for nothing, I grab it all illegally from file sharing sites (111)
#2 I pay for everything. I'm 100% legal baby! (99)
#3 I pay for everything and/or am provided software via work or other legal sources (66)
#4 I pay for more than 75% of my software legally, but grab illegally from file sharing sites every so often (48)
#5 I pay for less than 50% of my software and grab the other half from file sharing sites (45)
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| Why are you a web designer? (Votes: 204) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-03-06 | #1 It's my career - I design mainly for paying clients (122)
#2 For fun/hobby only (33)
#3 I'm in school learning about design at this time (29)
#4 I design for my own web site only (13)
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| Is there a doctor in the house? (Votes: 173) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-02-05 | #1 Bachelor's Degree (A.B. or B.A. - 4 years) (65)
#2 Some College (some form of higher education) (24)
#3 Master's Degree (19)
#4 Associate's Degree (2 years at a University) (19)
#5 Some High School (13)
#6 High School Diploma (10)
#7 Secret Intelligence Service (007) (10)
#8 Doctoral Degree (6)
#9 Specialty Training / Trade School (3)
#10 Other (2)
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| Where do you do your design work? (Votes: 87) | | Poll Closing Date : 2007-01-20 | #1 Home (39)
#2 Design Firm (12)
#3 In a Small Business (8)
#4 Office Building (8)
#5 In a Van Down by the River (7)
#6 Wherever I can find free WiFi (3)
#7 Coffee Shop (2)
#8 Other (2)
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| Which combo do you feel is most important? (Votes: 53) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-12-11 | #1 Design attractiveness, Layout, Usability (27)
#2 Usability, Layout, Color choices (15)
#3 Design attractiveness, Layout, Color choices (7)
#4 Design attractiveness, Layout, Font choices (3)
#5 Usability, Font choices, Color choices (1)
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| Has web technology ended up LOWERING costs or has it RAISED costs for you as a web developer? (Votes: 36) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-11-25 | #1 It's about the same amount of effort as it was a couple years ago (13)
#2 Definitely it's LESS expensive to create sites these days (12)
#3 Definitely it's MORE expensive to create sites these days (11)
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| Help us plan more features man... (Votes: 35) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-11-17 | #1 Major "How to and tutorials" section with downloadable examples (13)
#2 More new sites added more frequently to CHP (8)
#3 Web Firms directory so you can post your firm, contact info and best work examples (4)
#4 More Flash coverage, news, examples, articles (3)
#5 Design News section covering all types of web design news (3)
#6 Users Helping Users section with design questions and solutions (1)
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| Not the most used, but the best one, in your opinion... (Votes: 194) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-11-07 | #1 Firefox (112)
#2 Internet Explorer (55)
#3 Safari (13)
#4 Opera (7)
#5 Netscape (3)
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| Will technology be able to put real designers out of work anytime in next 50-100 years? (Votes: 65) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-10-30 | #1 No way (36)
#2 Possibly (12)
#3 It's already happening (10)
#4 Yes, it could happen soon (4)
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| Do they deserve a bad rap or are they helpful sometimes? (Votes: 69) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-10-19 | #1 They can help to speed up a lower cost project, where custom design isn't budgeted. (25)
#2 I would never use a template no matter what it looks like. (12)
#3 Templates suck because clients want a unique design - always! (10)
#4 Some of the designs are better than I can do, so I like 'em. (8)
#5 I use them to learn from sometimes since all the files are editable. (8)
#6 They are great sometimes, use them frequently. (3)
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| Tell others how you do it! (Votes: 52) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-10-11 | #1 Go online and study the best work I can find (27)
#2 I look for great designs and taught myself to copy them, so I can apply what I learn in copying, to my own work (15)
#3 Read books and online texts about designing (4)
#4 Schools, seminars, classes (3)
#5 How to tutorials online (2)
#6 Talk to others to learn more (1)
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| Snazzy, cool, or easy to use? (Votes: 35) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-10-03 | #1 Simple and easy to use is better than cool design (21)
#2 I prefer sites that are cool to look at, over easy to use simple ones (14)
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| Help us out mates, we'll try and improve it for ya! (Votes: 41) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-09-26 | #1 To get design ideas, duh! (29)
#2 General browsing - see if anything new or cool today (5)
#3 For general web news (but wish there was more of that) (3)
#4 Templates, logos, photos - the stuff that's for sale (2)
#5 To see if my site has been posted (1)
#6 Message boards (0)
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| What site do you find best for web designer news? (Votes: 39) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-09-19 | #1 CoolHomepages (15)
#2 Sitepoint (8)
#3 Other (4)
#4 Del.icio.us (3)
#5 Slashdot (2)
#6 Digg (1)
#7 Cnet (0)
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| Do we need web design blogging features here or is that overkill? (Votes: 28) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-09-12 | #1 No, it's not really of interest to me (10)
#2 Yeah I'd love to blog about web design stuff here (9)
#3 Maybe... not sure. (7)
#4 No, I blog elsewhere already (2)
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| Come on be honest... how many years have you been doing this work? (Votes: 115) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-09-04 | #1 6-10 years (36)
#2 4-5 years (28)
#3 2-3 years (24)
#4 About a year, or less (17)
#5 Over 10 years (9)
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| Be honest kids... (Votes: 62) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-08-27 | #1 No, but I wish I knew how (25)
#2 No, never (22)
#3 Yes, a couple times (7)
#4 Yes, frequently (4)
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| Actual real time in front of a computer.... (Votes: 98) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-08-20 | #1 More than 10 hours (33)
#2 6 hours or less (29)
#3 3 hours or less (14)
#4 More than 13 hours (14)
#5 1 hour or less (6)
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| (We think we know the answer...!) (Votes: 91) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-08-13 | #1 Google (67)
#2 Yahoo (15)
#3 Other (5)
#4 MSN (2)
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| How far as you taking the w3 standard recommendations? (Votes: 162) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-07-30 | #1 I use CSS a lot, but still use tables whenever they are easier. (38)
#2 I rarely use CSS. (Don't be afraid to admit it!) (38)
#3 I use CSS a lot, but I use tables for my major page structure. (37)
#4 I use CSS exclusively... no tables at all. (30)
#5 I try hard to use CSS only, but I use tables only once in a while. (13)
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| One, two? More? (Votes: 106) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-07-23 | #1 2 main colors and shade variations of those colors (plus blacks, whites, grays) (45)
#2 3 main colorsand shade variations of those (plus blacks, whites, grays) (39)
#3 1 main color and shade variations (plus blacks, whites, grays) (9)
#4 5 or more colors is fine. (7)
#5 4 main colors or more is fine. (3)
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| Ha, ok, we're getting political this time! (Votes: 126) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-07-16 | #1 Yes - he's making a mess of everything! (82)
#2 No - he's awesome! (16)
#3 No - it's not so bad, he deserves to complete his term. (15)
#4 No - things are generally good, leave him alone! (13)
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| What do we need more of? (Votes: 41) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-07-09 | #1 How To Tutorials (22)
#2 More new site updates (9)
#3 Freeware Fonts Archive (4)
#4 A CHP Store where you can sell templates, logos, buttons etc that you have created (2)
#5 More generally fun features like Hot or Not, Post Your Photo, Etc (1)
#6 Software Reviews by CHP Users (1)
#7 CHP User Blogs (1)
#8 More templates for sale (0)
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| How much of your attention is on World Cup these days? (Votes: 99) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-06-25 | #1 Every day! (35)
#2 I totally don't care about World Cup Soccer (33)
#3 I'm watching some of it (15)
#4 I'm watching a lot of the matches (12)
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| What is your primary job, what do you do with most of your workday? (Votes: 114) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-06-18 | #1 Designer + HTML + CSS (43)
#2 Designer (Photoshop/Illustrator) (34)
#3 Designer + Programmer (11)
#4 Project Manager (10)
#5 Flash Artist (5)
#6 Flash Programmer (3)
#7 Programmer (2)
#8 HTML/CSS Production (2)
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| Assuming the other pages will fall out of the homepage design, how long do you spend on an average home page design? (Votes: 178) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-06-11 | #1 8 hours or less (33)
#2 2 days (26)
#3 3 weeks or more (25)
#4 5 hours or less (24)
#5 1 week (18)
#6 4 days (18)
#7 2 weeks (17)
#8 3 hours or less (15)
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| How many have converted to CS or CS2? Be honest please. (Votes: 258) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-06-04 | #1 Photoshop CS 2 (115)
#2 Photoshop CS (75)
#3 Photoshop 7.0 (62)
#4 Photoshop 5 or earlier (3)
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| What is the best direction for future of web site development? (Votes: 139) | | Poll Closing Date : 2006-05-28 | #1 Flash and HTML both (90)
#2 HTML-only is best (31)
#3 Flash-only (16)
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