I'm evaluating various qualitative data analysis (QDA) software programs for a project that involves web-based artifacts, and I'm hoping that the collective wisdom on this list will help me find the right program for the task at hand. My data set includes several hundred discussion threads from an online forum, and I would like to save these threads in a web-native format (e.g., .html, .mht, .webarchive) rather than "print" them to .pdf or .rtf format. When I open the artifacts in the QDA software, I would like to see a web page, not Adobe's or Microsoft's mangled output. Unfortunately, very few QDS programs are able to import HTML files. I've tested trial versions of Atlas.ti, NVivo, MAXQDA, Qualrus, QDA Miner, and HyperRESEARCH, but only Qualrus seems to be able to open web-native files. Has anyone out there had success with Qualrus? Its coding and crunching capabilities don't seem very robust compared to Atlas.ti and NVivo, but my first impression may not be correct. Alternately, are there other QDA programs I should consider that can handle HTML files? I'm on a Mac, but all of the programs I've mentioned (other than HyperRESEARCH) are Windows-only, so I've been running the trial versions using VirtualBox. Suggestions for either platform are welcome. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. I'm trying to weigh my options carefully before I break into my grad-student budget for the non-trial version of one of these programs. - Quinn * * * * * * * * * * * Quinn Warnick PhD Candidate, Rhetoric and Professional Communication Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department Iowa State University 435 Ross Hall Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-3625