1999 VMD Survey Data

E-mail address:

Total Responses: 450

Affiliation:

The work I do with VMD is funded (at least partially) by NIH:

81 of 428 responses

I am currently using VMD on:

I would also like to use VMD on:

I use VMD primarily for:

The number of people using VMD at my site is:

       1: 228
     2-4: 160
    5-10: 27
   11-20: 9
   >= 21: 6
   Total responses: 424

I use VMD because it

	Mean Response	Total Responses
a) meets my needs
a) meets my needs	3.75845	414
b) is free
b) is free	4.51674	418
c) is user friendly
c) is user friendly	3.67718	412
d) is better than other molecular graphics programs
d) is better than other molecular graphics programs	3.54814	405

Rate the usefulness of VMD PLANNED features to your work:

	Mean Response	Total Responses
a) Interacting with running MD simulations
a) Interacting with running MD simulations	3.41854	399
b) On-the-fly recalculation of bonds
b) On-the-fly recalculation of bonds	3.25000	392
c) Crystallographic symmetry operations
c) Crystallographic symmetry operations	2.83870	403
d) Inter-molecule selections
d) Inter-molecule selections	3.71139	395
e) Additional scripting support (e.g. Python)
e) Additional scripting support (e.g. Python)	3.12839	405
f) Display of isosurfaces, density fields
f) Display of isosurfaces, density fields	3.91000	400
g) Texture maps on molecular structures
g) Texture maps on molecular structures	3.48101	395

Check the box that best reflects your level of agreement with the statements describing VMD:

	Mean Response	Total Responses
a) VMD developers respond to my requests
a) VMD developers respond to my requests	3.44637	345
b) VMD support meets my expectations
b) VMD support meets my expectations	3.49137	348
c) VMD web pages are instructive
c) VMD web pages are instructive	3.78666	375
d) VMD documentation is clear
d) VMD documentation is clear	3.70466	386
e) VMD documentation is complete
e) VMD documentation is complete	3.52506	379
f) The VMD-L mailing list is useful
f) The VMD-L mailing list is useful	3.25460	326

I would benefit from using VMD with the following tools in my work:

I am satisfied with VMD

Mean Response	Total Responses
3.83618	409

I first heard of VMD from:

I would prefer to be informed of VMD news by: