SwapNeat Beta Programme

First Name:

Last Name:

Country

Which operating system are you running?

How much memory does your computer have?

N/A |  <1Gb|  1-2Gb|  >2Gb

Please pick the primary data type of interest to you

About how many files do you want to manage with SwapNeat Metadata Studio?

About how many unique tags have you used across your file set?

About how many tags does the average file have?

About how many tagged files do you have in your collection?

How many hours per week do you spend tagging and organizing your files?

N/A |  <1|  1-2|  2-5|  >5

How many hours per week will you be using the software?

N/A |  <1|  2|  3|  >4

Describe the most significant issues you have with your current tagging tools.

Which tag vocabularies do you currently use?

XMP
IPTC
EXIF
Dublin Core
Vista
MSDIS
ID3
MPEG7

Please check all of the products you have used for tagging. Skip this question if you do not tag your files.

Adobe^® Bridge
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Apple^® Aperture
Microsoft^® Expression Media
Microsoft Digital Image Studio
Windows^® Photo Gallery
Image Info Toolkit
PhotoMechanic
InfranView
BreezeBrowser
photools.com iMatch
Google^® Picasa
Apple iTunes
Windows Media Player
Winamp
software bundled with hardware
other

If you checked “other” above, please type the name of the tool here.

Do you use hierarchical (structured) or psuedo-structured (dot or slash separated) tags?

Please pick the answer that best describes your attitude toward hierarchical (structured) metadata:
“Hierarchical tags are most valuable...”

N/A

when applying tags: I can find the tags I want to use faster

when creating tags: I can use the same word in multiple places

when searching for files: fewer false-positive search results

Do you manually organize your files by naming files and folders based on the content of the files (whether or not the file is tagged)?

Do you want a tag-aware file manager to automate file naming and organization?

Which statement best reflects your opinion of automated file naming and reorganizing functionality:

N/A

I doubt I would come to trust an automated file naming and management feature to work reliably

I would test it a bit, and possibly come to trust and rely on it eventually

I would use such a feature, but I would want to be able to review every operation before committing changes

I already use an automated or assisted file naming and organizing technique, and I do not want to change my technique