[Theforum] finishing up thesurvey

Daniel J. Cody djc at members.evolt.org
Wed Nov 28 11:58:45 CST 2001


thanks rude.. got most of what you suggested :)

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, rudy wrote:

> > so, final check.. golden?
> 
> ah, the long-awaited final check
> 
> time for me to go have a look    ;o)
> 
> i was hoping most of the whoopsies would have been cleared up by now and i
> could concentrate on minor aesthetic details
> 
> also, you are getting honest opinions from a fresh perspective
> 
> my apologies if i complain about something that has already been agreed to
> 
> are you ready? then, as jimmy from "win ben stein's money" would say, let's
> begin
> 
> 
> >> Evolt is ... an international web community by, for, and of web
> developers dedicated to promoting knowledge and understanding of web
> technology; a 'giving back' to the community.
> 
> "by, for, and of" sounds terribly stilted, and i much prefer what we
> already have -- "a world community for web developers, promoting the mutual
> free exchange of ideas, skills and experiences"
> 
> besides, repeating our definition/slogan/tagline verbatim will reinforce it
> 
> this is not the time to be changing or rewording something as important as
> this
> 
> 
> >> 4. How long have you been involved with evolt.org?
> >>     *   I've never registered
> 
> remove this item, it is confusing -- it opens up that old can of worms
> about being a subscriber and/or a registered user
> 
> the next item (less than 6 months) adequately covers newbies to the list
> and casual visitors to the site
> 
> >> 7. In one sentence
> 
> make it a much longer text field, or else change to a textarea -- yes i
> know this will open up the possibility that someone will enter more than
> one sentence, but is that so bad?  if someone really wants to tell us how
> they define/explain Evolt.org (change to lower case please) to others, do
> we really want to limit them?
> 
> >> www.evolt.org
> >>
> >> 1. Do you have a user account for www.evolt.org?
> 
> this is an unfortunate use of the word "account" because fer shure some
> people might confuse this with a member account (not realizing that there
> is a difference)
> 
> better to say "have you registered, i.e. to post articles or comments or to
> rate articles"
> 
> also, this question is not the right one to lead off with, it should be
> moved down between 4 and 5
> 
> 
> skipping down to
> 
> >> What country are you located in?
> >>    United States
> >>    Other
> 
> oh, that is so bogus
> 
> please, list a few more countries before "other"
> 
> either that or make it a plain text field
> 
> 
> DON'T PANIC
> 
> cute, but i suggest SUBMIT SURVEY
> 
> 
> 
> rude
> a.k.a. the chief idiot
> (if you want to make something idiot-proff, you gotta run it by the chief
> idiot)
> 
> 
> 
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