Timeline for Alternatives to checkboxes and radio buttons in web-based surveys?
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| Apr 29, 2011 at 19:12 | comment | added | jameswanless | I'd say then you develop two prototypes, one based on traditional form standards and design them as clearly as possible (lots of negative space, clear labeling, good font size, entire field clickable, etc) and then build something a little more blue-sky and then do some A/B testing. When you really need to know how users will react to your concept this is a pretty good way to find out if you are on the right track or if there's a reason these options are tried and true. Survey monkey for example makes radios/checkboxes BIG AND CLEAR with nice styling, but still uses them ;-) | |
| Apr 29, 2011 at 16:33 | comment | added | Martin Christensen | Thanks for your input. I do have quite a lot of end-user research at hand, since I work for a company that have been working with survey tool-providers for the last ten years. We have a real problem here, a lot of our users get irritated (and our user base is around 10 million). I was trying to walk down the local maxima peak and find another one, a better solution perhaps in the long-run. So, yes, I am breaking standards, and we will perhaps revert to the basics (although with bigger text etc. as you recommend), but it would be nice if there was a better solution. | |
| Apr 29, 2011 at 16:13 | history | answered | jameswanless | CC BY-SA 3.0 |