The following question was presented:
We've all seen it. You're working away on your computer and you start an application up. It fails to load and then you get the message pop up to tell you it's crashed and it asks you whether or not you want to send the error report to Microsoft. My guess is that most people just ignore this and click cancel, but to find out, we ask in this week's vote whether anyone has anyone ever clicked the “send” button when this happens.
Results:
No was the clear winner with 67% of the votes selected from the following:
- Yes (33%)
- No (67%)
- I’ve never had an application crash (0%)
- I don’t use Windows (0%)
Graphic of Results:
Analysis:
After the disappointing vote from last week, we make amends with this extremely well participated vote. The first conclusion we can draw from this vote is that we've all used Windows and have all had an application crash. I don't think that's surprising and, by and large, it's probably not Microsoft's fault as the error probably lies within the underlying application. It's also clear that most of us want to fly under the radar screen and not alert Microsoft to the problems we're having. Well, I suppose it would be fair to say “if you're not going to be part of the solution, don't complain about the problem.” Not that I'm suggesting anyone's complaining, but I do get the feeling that people complain about computer related things without wanting to help fix the problem. Probably the most common would be complaining at how long it takes for a computer to boot up, only to realize that it's because of all the “stuff” the end user has put on the machine.
Anyway, best finish up this analysis soon before my computer crashes and I lose everything I've done.