Shoutbox

1. Yes

2. Nope

3. Yes a little

4. Roughly 5-8

5. Yes (Alot of coursework)

6. School

7. Pathé Pathé Frères french businesses Pathé Brothers movie company phonograph record business Pathé Records

Citroën CX French automaker Citroën

1.) Yes

2.) No, at least not for files that I placed on HD myself. Some data files from apps I need sometimes is another story.

3.) To find system files, yes. For documents and other user files I never use search on my own system.

4.) Too many (8+)

5.) Yes

6.) HBO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Netherlands#HBO (which probably compares best to college.... or university.. never sure about that )

7A.) Pathé, Frères, french, business, France, movie
7B.) Citroën, CX, car, French, 1974, 1991

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Originally posted by saralk
1. Do you have a well organised filing system on your home/work computer?

2. Do you sometimes have difficulty finding files on your computer?

3. Would a fast file searching system be of use to you?

4. Roughly how many hours a day do you spend on a computer?

5. Does your school/work involve using heavy use of word processing software?

6. Are you currently at school/college/university?

7. If you had to create tags for the following two files, what tags would you create?

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1. Yes. I have so many files that it would be chaos without organization.

2. Rarely.

3. The Windows search feature is fast enough for me, because my searches are usually limited to specific folders.

4. Anywhere from 4 to 16. On average, about 9.

5. Nope.

6. Nope.

7. I'd need to know how the tagging system works in order to use it efficiently. But I'll try anyway...

7a. pathe,freres,french,france,business,company,movie

7b. citroen,cx,car,automobile,french,france,manufacturer,model

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. It's certainly of use, but as WDZ says Windows search is fast enough (especially in Vista).
4. Too much, seeing as I am just about always on a PC either at home or college.
5. Yes.
6. College.
7. Pathe: Pathé, Frères, french, France, movie, company, business.
Citroen: Citroën, CX, car, 1974, 1991.

1. Do you have a well organised filing system on your home/work computer?
yes

2. Do you sometimes have difficulty finding files on your computer?
No

3. Would a fast file searching system be of use to you?
Sometimes

4. Roughly how many hours a day do you spend on a computer?
When I'm totally bored: 10-15 hours
When I'm out: 3-4 hours
When I'm tired: 0.5-1 hour
When I'm totally annoyed: 15-20hours

5. Does your school/work involve using heavy use of word processing software?
sometimes

6. Are you currently at school/college/university?
College

7. If you had to create tags for the following two files, what tags would you create?
- Pathe.txt
Pathé, Pathé Frères, french businesses, businesses, business, Pathé Brothers, France, french, movie company, movie, company, phonograph and record business, phonograph, record, Pathé Records.
- Citroen CX.txt
Citroën CX, Citroën, car, French automaker Citroën, french, automaker

yes, no, no need, 5, no, university, pathe; movie; records, citroen; cx; car.

1 - Yes
2 - No
3 - Not really
4 - Approx. 5
5 - Yes
6 - Yes - School
7 -  Pathe.txt : Pathé, Frères, business, french, France, movie, Records.
Citroen CX.txt : Citroën, CX, automakers, car, French, 1974, 1991.

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Originally posted by saralk
For my computing coursework, I need to do an investigation as to how people organise files on their computers.

So please can you answer these questions...

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1. Do you have a well organised filing system on your home/work computer?

2. Do you sometimes have difficulty finding files on your computer?

3. Would a fast file searching system be of use to you?

4. Roughly how many hours a day do you spend on a computer?

5. Does your school/work involve using heavy use of word processing software?

6. Are you currently at school/college/university?

7. If you had to create tags for the following two files, what tags would you create?

Pathe.txt

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Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various french businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France. This article deals with their movie company. For their phonograph and record business, see Pathé Records.

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Citroen CX.txt

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The Citroën CX is a car produced by the French automaker Citroën from 1974 to 1991.

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Thanks a lot.

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1. Yes

2. Only when it comes to finding files in a large torrent.

3. Sometimes.

4. 3-8 Hours.

5. Quite much.

6. Yes.

7a. pathe freres movie company business record

7b. Citroën CX french 1974 1991 car automakers

1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. 8+
5. If visual basic and Dreamweaver count as word processing, then yes
6. Yes
7. tags?

1 - Yes
2 - Rarely
3 - Of course
4 - 6
5 - Yes
6 - Probably university (1 week for results)
7 - Pathé; Frères; french businesses; Pathé Brothers; France; article; movie; company; phonograph; record; Pathé Records;
   - Citroën; CX; car; French;