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My CSS Editor of Choice is:
Text Editor (with highlighting like BBEdit, TextMate, or Crimson)
Text Editor (without highlighting like TextEdit or Notepad)
Dreamweaver
Coda
CSSEdit
Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor
Xyle Scope
Other
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Web browsing on mobile devices is huge, and it's only getting bigger. What is your opinion as to the web designers role?
It is my job to make sure the website looks and functions well on mobile devices.
It is the mobile devices job to make sure my website looks and functions well.
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What kind of CSS reset do you use?
Hard Reset (* selector)
Some Version of Eric Meyer's CSS Reset
My Own Custom Reset
What's a CSS Reset?
I purposefully do not use one
A Reset Part of a CSS Framework like YUI or Blueprint
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Is CSS coding part of your career?
0%
1-25%
25-50%
50-75%
75-100%
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What is your Javascript library of choice?
MooTools
jQuery
Prototype
Adobe Spry
Yahoo! YUI
Other (do tell!)
Whichever one the cool widget I found needed.
I have never used a Javascript library
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In these early stages, which of the next-gen web languages do you prefer?
HTML 5
XHTML 2
Other
Don't care - as long as there isn't a standards war.
Don't care - period.
What are you talking about?
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What is your favorite Content Management System?
Textpattern
ExpressionEngine
WordPress
CushyCMS
Joomla
Drupal
Moveable Type
Other
I don't like any CMS
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How do you back up your websites?
I don't. (you should!)
I download the files locally. (and back those up)
Doesn't my host do that for me? (maybe, you should check)
My host does this for me. (I checked)
I have some kind of automated solution. (do share!)
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How do you keep track of design inspiration?
General Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Magnolia, etc)
Image-based Social Bookmarking (ScrnShots, FFFFound, etc)
Local Bookmarks
I don't keep track, I just cruise the galleries when I need to (Best Web Gallery, PatternTap, etc)
I have my own system
I don't
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What is your CSS framework of choice?
I don't use CSS frameworks.
YAML
960 Grid System
Blueprint
YUI Grids
Logicss
ESWAT
I built and use my own.
Other (non-listed) framework
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If CSS2 and CSS3 was fully supported in all browsers tomorrow, what would you be MOST excited about?
Border Radius
Multiple Backgrounds
Border Image
@font-face
Box Shadow
Text Shadow
RGBa
Gradients
Animations / Transitions
Other
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If development tools were not a factor, what would be your web browser of choice?
Firefox
Safari
Internet Explorer
Chrome
Opera
Other
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Would you take a job for a website you thought was a stupid business idea?
Yes, I'd take it.
No, I'd turn it down.
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How do you Email?
Pure Cloud
(e.g. GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. used through Browser)
Localized Cloud
(e.g. GMail account used through Mail.app)
Pure Local
(e.g Your own mail server / your own domain through Mail.app)
Clouded Local
(e.g. Your own mail server, used through Google Apps)
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When you take a design job, and your quote includes a completion date, on average, when does the job actually get done?
Early
On Time
Late
Really Late
Never / Abandoned
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How do you format your CSS?
(see examples)
Multi-line Format
Multi-line Format with Indenting
Single-line Format
Single-line Format with Tabbing
Single-line Format with Indenting/Tabbing
Mostly Single-line Format
Other
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Hyphens, Underscores, or camelCase?
Hyphens
Underscores
camelCase
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Should tags like em and strong go <em>(outside)</em> punctuation characters, or <strong>inside them</strong>?
Outside, like this: <em>(outside)</em>
Inside, like this: (<em>inside</em>)
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What is your server-side language of choice?
PHP
ASP
Ruby
Perl
Python
ColdFusion
Java
Other
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How many websites do you launch per year?
0
1
2-4
5-10
10-20
20+
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Let's say you were writing some text-only documentation. Which sentence is clearest?
Select a user and then click the Update button.
Select a user and then press the Update button.
Select a user and then choose the Update button.
Select a user and then click Update.
Select a user and then press Update.
Select a user and then choose Update.
Select a user and Update.
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Do you ever use two JavaScript libraries on the same page?
Yes, but I feel guilty about it because I technically don't need to.
Yes, and I have a good reason for it.
Yes, what's the big deal?
No
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If you have a degree from college and have a job, is that degree related to your current job?
Yes, directly
Yes, only tangentially
No
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Would you start a new web project today and not use HTML5?
No
Yes
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What features of HTML5 have you used on production sites?
New semantic elements
(e.g. <nav>)
Form features
Audio / Video
Cross document messaging
Canvas
Offline Storage
Drag and drop
Geolocation
Microdata
Other
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Do you wish there was conditional comments for all browsers?
Yes. I understand the theoretical risks but I still want them.
No. That's anti-web-standards (or any other reason).
Don't care.
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In what environment do you
primarily
work?
In a cubicle
In an open office
At home
In an office with a door
In a co-working space
At a private rental office
At public places (e.g. coffee shops)
I'm a student (pre-college)
I'm a student (college)
I'm unemployed
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Would you rather host a 200k file on a major CDN or a 20k file self-hosted? (
explanation
)
200k CDN
20k Local
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Of these choices, what is your favorite page title structure for blog article in a specific category?
[Site Name] - [Category] - [Article Title]
[Article Title] - [Category] - [Site Name]
[Article Title]
[Article Title] - [Site Name]
[Site Name] - [Article Title]
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What's your favorite page title separator?
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–
—
<
>
→
←
|
•
·
‹
›
:
::
~
/
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Let's say you have a 350k image that looks absolutely beautiful as a full page background image. 2% of your traffic is mobile traffic. Do you...
Keep it. You realize the image is heavy, but beauty has costs and this one is worth it.
Ditch it. It's just too heavy to be practical.
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What do you think is reasonable page size to try and stay under for a modern web design?
100k
200k
350k
500k
750k
1MB
1.5MB
2MB
Over 2MB is OK
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Test your internet connection speed
right now
. What is your download speed?
Less than 1 Mbps
1-2 Mbps
2-4 Mbps
4-8 Mbps
8-12 Mbps
12-16 Mbps
16-20 Mbps
20-30 Mbps
30-50 Mbps
Over 50 Mbps
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In the next 10 years, will there be a serious alternative to CSS?
Yep
Nope
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What is your preferred CSS preprocessor syntax?
SASS (.sass)
SASS (.scss)
LESS
Stylus
Other
I've never tried any of them
I don't have a preference
I don't like any of them
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How do you order your CSS properties?
Alphabetically (e.g. background ... z-index)
By line length
Grouped by type (e.g. height next to width)
Randomly (no specific plan)
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Do you listen to music while you work?
Always
Never
It's not my choice
Sometimes (randomly)
Sometimes (depends on situation)
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For those who build websites for clients: the average amount of money (USD)
you personally
earn from a completed website is closest to:
Under $1000
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$3,000
$5,000
$10,000
$20,000
Over $20,000
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The following best describes my usage of version control:
I use version control for every project I work on.
I use version control for a few projects, but not most.
I use version control on about half of my projects.
I use version control on most of my projects, but not all.
I don't use version control.
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When you write
alt
text for an image that is important to content, you:
Go all out:
alt="A graph showing that 347,985 students earned a degree in 2009 and 15,496 of them were in mathematics. That is less than 5%."
Do some:
alt="A graph showing 5% of degrees are in math."
Do little:
alt="graph"
Do nothing:
alt="" or nothing at all
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