10-11-2002, 12:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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How Would you Categorize Yourself?
This is something I've always wondered about, so please do me the favour and answer this one question - how would you categorize your level of Pocket PC knowledge? The answer will be a huge help to me in the meetings later today, because when my lips move, Microsoft people see a "power user" talking - and my feedback gets put into that category. It's hard to have them hear me talking about issues without them thinking only 5% of their user base would want that feature. If I can get a feel for what type of level YOU are at, it will help me communicate your wishes to the product team. Please cast your vote!
PS - Our current voting system is based on IP address, so I know that excludes a lot of you from voting. We're going to switch to a new system as soon as we can, but in the meantime, I know I'll be missing some votes...
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10-11-2002, 01:41 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 248
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Activesync
You can tell those big shots that we all want a new version of activesync not just a measly .1 update. where's 4.0? An how about that new OS?
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10-11-2002, 01:51 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 94
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Jason,
Based on the current poll results (50-50 split between experienced and power users), would you say that Microsoft is accurate in their assumption or not?
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10-11-2002, 02:40 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 335
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Problem with voting...
Hi Jason,
Unless something freaky is going on I think there may be a problem with the voting software. I've visited the site a few times this morning and the experienced/power users are always tied... I would expect a small swing one way or the other over a period of a few hours.
Regards,
PJE
PS. Give'em hell! ;-) My biggest peave with PocketPC the fact that they have bars at the top AND bottom of the screen wasting valuable real-estate. Oh, and the lack of formal support for landscape screen orientation.
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10-11-2002, 02:47 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 170
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Thing is, the pocketpcthoughts.com crowd is a bad sampling of the market, since most of the people coming here are knowledgeful or at least in the 'tinkerers' category.
'Joe User', the average PPC buyer, is VERY different from us. I know a great deal of people that, wheren't for me showing them a few sites on the internet, would have stayed with the built-in apps in their PPC. They where simply unaware of the great deal of applications available and instalable on their hardware. Its funny, and might even seem stupid to us power users, but that is the way things are. Users think and operate so much different from us.
While designing software, I usually test my UI ideas on users, since their way of doing things and operating the software is SO MUCH different from the way I, or my fellow programmers, do.
I could rant for hours on this 
GL Jason and team, thanks for all!
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10-11-2002, 03:04 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 360
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Power Users and MS Pipedreams
I remember back when I was getting strated with Pocket PC. That was over a year ago. I know many people have been doing Windows CE and what not a lot longer than me. My first CE Device was a Compaq Foldable running CE 1.0. And I do not even remember what it was called. I still have the zipping leather case with Compaq Zipper Pull and that is what I carry My iPaq in.
Any way, maybe I am nuts but I am fairly happy with the pocket pc os on the whole. I would consider myself in as a power user as I do all sourts of things with my Pocket PC and use it both for entertainment and productivity as well as organization.
There are a few things I would like to see change.
I want more ability to put my folders where I want and for the native apps to be able to look in sub folders down to the umpteenth level.
I would love to see better Native OS Support for the newer CPUs on to the next genereation. Hell write the OS so that it is happered by 400 MHz CPUs.
I would like to see more functionallity in the MS Pocket Apps like Word and Excel. And there should at least be a basic Power Point and Access app even if it is an add on.
Add Shutdown and Restart Options!!!!! And a true Close feature!!!
There should be quicker Updates and releases to the OS. It is messed up when the OS is lagging behind the hardware by so much.
Lastly Active Sync is very lacking. It is not very intuitive. There needs to be more built in syncronization options and more hardware support.
And for GOD's Sake MY PPC should be able to Sync EQUALLY with EVERY computer I USE!!! In the same way to same Apps!!!! Maybe I want to get my mail from multiple computers!!!!
I am done for now.
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10-11-2002, 04:12 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by johncj
Jason,
Based on the current poll results (50-50 split between experienced and power users), would you say that Microsoft is accurate in their assumption or not?
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My take is the casual users don't visit this or any other Pocket PC web site, no more than I, a casual MS Word user, visit MS Word enthusiast sites.
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10-11-2002, 04:22 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 6
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My take is the casual users don't visit this or any other Pocket PC web site, no more than I, a casual MS Word user, visit MS Word enthusiast sites.
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Are there MS Word enthusiast sites? 
Anyway, I have a Question: What makes you a "Power User"? Is it the multitude of Purposes you use your PPC for? Or is it just the way you use it?
What do you think?
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10-11-2002, 04:29 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by Eastwood
Anyway, I have a Question: What makes you a "Power User"? Is it the multitude of Purposes you use your PPC for? Or is it just the way you use it?
What do you think?
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I think a power user is one who doesn't use the device for its intended purposes all of the time.
Composing raw HTML in Pocket Word and PIE, FTP transfers, image editing, using high powered replacements for virtually every built in feature (3rd party apps for file exploring, book reading, PIM, etc) and using it for HOURS each day, not 10-15 times a day for 30 seconds to a minute or two.
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10-11-2002, 04:56 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Re: Problem with voting...
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Originally Posted by PJE
Unless something freaky is going on I think there may be a problem with the voting software. I've visited the site a few times this morning and the experienced/power users are always tied... I would expect a small swing one way or the other over a period of a few hours.
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Yup. Bug and now fixed. Going forward it is ok, but those first 149 votes are suspect. 
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