[IPython-User] User survey findings

[Fernando Perez]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's linked from the news page. I'm not sure that it fits naturally
> anywhere else, although I agree that it would be nice to have another
> link to it. I feel that the front page is getting quite cluttered, and
> we should resist the temptation to add more links there without a
> really good rationale. Perhaps it should go under 'other useful
> documentation'.

Yes, perhaps a link from the docs page is enough; you're right about
the clutter on the front page.

>> The industry breakdown is indeed quite interesting... This makes me
>> think:  I'd love it if folks could provide us with short 'IPython
>> success' stories we could add to the site (and they could come from
>> any origin, not just industry but also academia and hobbyists).
>
> That does sound like a good idea. The python.org homepage has a
> similar success stories box on the right hand side. There were a few
> interesting tidbits in the user survey - but the downside of making it
> anonymous is that we can't get back in touch with those users
> directly.

True; we'd have to make a broad call on the lists, hopefully we'd get
some interesting responses.

Cheers,

f