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What's important when reading about a company's (dev related) product or service?

Survey period: 23 Sep 2019 to 30 Sep 2019

Maybe you've bought a product, maybe you're thinking of buying it. Which bits are important?

OptionVotes% 
A page explaining exactly what the product does and *why* one would use it17368.65
Full online documentation17368.65
Quick “Getting Started” section18272.22
Advanced tutorials12248.41
Example implementations with source code18573.41
Search or index page to help find stuff8634.13
Discussion forums or Question/answer area9738.49
Live chat with a Real Human207.94
A way to contact a sales person or support engineer directly3915.48
A company blog to show what aspects of the product they are focused on right now2911.51
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (6 answers)


 
GeneralTechnical documentation is not a single "media" Pin
Mario Z25-Sep-19 5:18
professionalMario Z25-Sep-19 5:18 
GeneralUp to date and complete documentation Pin
RJOberg24-Sep-19 8:52
professionalRJOberg24-Sep-19 8:52 
GeneralHow many people are using it? Pin
Sander Rossel23-Sep-19 5:10
professionalSander Rossel23-Sep-19 5:10 
GeneralWhat I DON'T want Pin
Tom Corbett Space Cadet23-Sep-19 5:05
professionalTom Corbett Space Cadet23-Sep-19 5:05 
GeneralWhy, what, how Pin
den2k8823-Sep-19 4:53
professionalden2k8823-Sep-19 4:53 
First I want to know wtf is the product and what problems does it solve (if any).
Then I want the whole freaking documentation, correct documentation at that - outdated manuals are worse than no manual at all.
If there are also quick "get started" and "common scenarios" that would be lovely. Knowing which side is the front of the product really helps.

Examples are part of the documentation: to be useful some snippet should be there, and that would be enough. Working examples are just peachy but I could work without.
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GeneralSomehow the weekly questions change in content and context... Pin
Mike (Prof. Chuck)23-Sep-19 2:19
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)23-Sep-19 2:19 
GeneralRe: Somehow the weekly questions change in content and context... Pin
Slacker00723-Sep-19 2:45
professionalSlacker00723-Sep-19 2:45 
GeneralRe: Somehow the weekly questions change in content and context... Pin
den2k8823-Sep-19 4:57
professionalden2k8823-Sep-19 4:57 
GeneralMuch Like Purchasing Anything Else Pin
W Balboos, GHB23-Sep-19 2:16
W Balboos, GHB23-Sep-19 2:16 
GeneralI'm old school Pin
Marc Clifton23-Sep-19 2:12
mvaMarc Clifton23-Sep-19 2:12 
GeneralMissing option Pin
Shameel23-Sep-19 1:58
professionalShameel23-Sep-19 1:58 
GeneralRe: Missing option Pin
den2k8823-Sep-19 4:55
professionalden2k8823-Sep-19 4:55 
GeneralExample projects vs tutorials Pin
Viktor Kovács22-Sep-19 21:48
Viktor Kovács22-Sep-19 21:48 

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