Polls Archive

Choose the best things about AutoCAD 2009 (up to 3)

  • Ribbon (4%, 4 Votes)
  • Menu Browser (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Quick Access Toolbar (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Smaller floating toolbars (3%, 3 Votes)
  • Status bar changes (3%, 3 Votes)
  • Action Recorder (8%, 7 Votes)
  • Modeless layer interface (8%, 7 Votes)
  • Quick View Layouts/Drawings (3%, 3 Votes)
  • Quick Properties (6%, 5 Votes)
  • Spell checking in text editor (12%, 11 Votes)
  • Rollover tooltips for objects (6%, 5 Votes)
  • Enlarged tooltips for user interface (0%, 0 Votes)
  • ViewCube (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Steering Wheel (1%, 1 Votes)
  • ShowMotion (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Geographic Location (1%, 1 Votes)
  • DWFx (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Off-white model space background (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Drawing recovery changes (3%, 3 Votes)
  • Updated button images (1%, 1 Votes)
  • LISP bug fixes (6%, 5 Votes)
  • Scale List bug fixes (4%, 4 Votes)
  • Other bug fixes (4%, 4 Votes)
  • Improvements available only in vertical products (7%, 6 Votes)
  • Other improvements in base AutoCAD (3%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 37

Start Date: 11 July 2008 @ 2:38 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Do you think the 12-month release cycle is harming the quality of AutoCAD and its variants?

  • Definitely (65%, 66 Votes)
  • Probably (20%, 20 Votes)
  • Don't know (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Probably not (8%, 8 Votes)
  • Definitely not (5%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 101

Start Date: 4 July 2008 @ 3:33 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What do you think of AutoCAD 2009's new button images?

  • Love them (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Like them (11%, 10 Votes)
  • Don't care much but don't mind Autodesk doing it (17%, 15 Votes)
  • Don't care much but would prefer if Autodesk hadn't done it (23%, 20 Votes)
  • Dislike them (18%, 16 Votes)
  • Hate them (22%, 18 Votes)

Total Voters: 87

Start Date: 30 June 2008 @ 10:49 am
End Date: No Expiry

AutoCAD 2009 non-Ribbon users: why don't you use it?

  • Uses up too much screen space (8%, 35 Votes)
  • Doesn't make good use of my screen size/shape (5%, 25 Votes)
  • Using it minimised requires an extra click/hover (6%, 26 Votes)
  • Tab concept means extra clicks (8%, 36 Votes)
  • Dislike concept of hiding tools - want buttons to stay visible (7%, 33 Votes)
  • Tab switching is too slow (5%, 25 Votes)
  • Button click reaction is too slow (5%, 21 Votes)
  • Turning it off saves startup time (4%, 17 Votes)
  • Ribbon content doesn't match my needs (5%, 24 Votes)
  • All the commands should be on it (3%, 15 Votes)
  • Express Tools are missing (4%, 18 Votes)
  • Other things I use frequently are missing (5%, 22 Votes)
  • Too hard to find things (6%, 28 Votes)
  • No advantage over existing methods (8%, 35 Votes)
  • Customising it is too difficult (5%, 24 Votes)
  • Don't like the colour scheme (2%, 9 Votes)
  • Don't like fuzzy text (ClearType) (3%, 14 Votes)
  • Using a vertical product that doesn't make use of the Ribbon (3%, 13 Votes)
  • Want to avoid training expense/inconvenience (2%, 10 Votes)
  • Want to avoid initial productivity reduction (2%, 10 Votes)
  • Inconsistent with other programs we use (e.g. Office pre-2007) (2%, 7 Votes)
  • Opposition to Microsoft's influence (3%, 13 Votes)
  • I'm a Luddite and resist change for the sake of it (1%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 55

Start Date: 20 June 2008 @ 12:01 pm
End Date: No Expiry

AutoCAD 2009 users: in what state do you usually have your Ribbon?

  • Horizontal and fully visible (10%, 8 Votes)
  • Horizontal and minimised to panel titles (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Horizontal and minimised to tabs (8%, 6 Votes)
  • Vertical, floating and fully visible (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Vertical, floating and auto-hiding (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Vertical, docked and fully visible (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Vertical, docked and auto-hiding (Anchor left or right) (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Turned off (72%, 55 Votes)

Total Voters: 77

Start Date: 28 May 2008 @ 2:25 pm
End Date: No Expiry