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chumbawumba
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 11 March 2004 : 11:02:04
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Hi, I am building a survey app which I hope to sell commercially.
Now, as you know, there exists such a thing as "survey fatigue", the groans and yawns that people give when they are constantly required to register / sign in to things. Therefore I am giving special consideration to the styling of my survey forms. It needs to look slick, professional and user-friendly.
My survey is made up of 5 sections comprising only radio buttons and dropdown lists (and a couple of free text fields).
Using CSS or an innovative layout, has anyone seen a survey form recently that looks good ? Any examples much appreciated !
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 11 March 2004 : 13:29:08
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I've been doing some beta testing for an online community (There) and they use Zoomerang for their post-test surveys. Nothing fancy, but they use images for checkboxes and radio buttons. It looks nice, but even at my connection speed its reactions are slow when you make a selection. Unless you do it correctly by preloading the images, I'd advise you not to do what Zoomerang has done.
Other than that, all I can say is keep the pages short, with few questions, and give the ability to look back without losing the choices made when you go forward again.
I hate filling in a survey, going back a few questions 'cause I changed my mind, only to find out the answers of the questions I'd answered have been erased. |
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chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
Posted - 12 March 2004 : 04:16:03
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Thanks for the info about Zoomerang. I hadn't heard of it before. Having built the application from scratch I know that it is both complex and time-consuming. They have some screenshots that look interesting.
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Other than that, all I can say is keep the pages short, with few questions, and give the ability to look back without losing the choices made when you go forward again.
I hate filling in a survey, going back a few questions 'cause I changed my mind, only to find out the answers of the questions I'd answered have been erased.
My design takes this into account. but it's a pain !
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 18 March 2004 : 06:46:09
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| Maybe a pain to create the surveys to work like that, but it's heaven for the users :P |
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redbrad0
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USA
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chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
Posted - 18 March 2004 : 13:52:28
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Originally posted by redbrad0
Hey man shoot me an email about the survey. I would like to see how far you are along and talk to you about it. I have started a survey app also and maybe could help you but like email 
will do. I'll email you a spec of what I am building. Although due to a major project nearing completion , I probably wont be able to do this until after the weekend.
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redbrad0
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USA
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chumbawumba
Junior Member
United Kingdom
304 Posts |
Posted - 22 March 2004 : 13:25:02
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Brad: Just sent you an email through this forum. Hope the formating is ok, it's a bit awkward typing into that little box.
[ NB:I sent myself a test email through this forum and didnt receive anything. So, if you don't receive my message then email me: icinfo~at~zoom~co~uk ]
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