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Re:Show HN: Formbricks – open-source alternative to Typeform... by atonse on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:02AM (#38084963)
Yes please do more to explain to people how much time something will take. I have lost count the number of times I start to answer a survey (cuz I'm happy to provide feedback) but after 3-4 questions, I'm thinking "yeah I don't have THIS much time") and give up.
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Re:Show HN: Formbricks – open-source alternative to Typeform... by matthiasnannt on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:32PM (#38087440)
Good point! We already have an open pull request to have the "time to complete" calculated and displayed at the beginning of the survey. https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/pull/1461

Another idea would be to let the survey creator know the current length/time to complete the survey, and if it's getting too long, show them advice on how to make it shorter, and show them that they will lose participants otherwise.

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Re:Show HN: Formbricks – open-source alternative to Typeform... by j45 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @01:09AM (#38094796)
Having a reverse countdown is valuable too.

3-2-1 steps to go is more engaging than step 1-2-3.

Same goes for a progress bar that says the percent remaining instead of the percent complete.

Would be awesome to be able to customize this in a way that looks natural.

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Re:Show HN: Formbricks – open-source alternative to Typeform... by beanclap on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @03:47AM (#38095590)
cool idea, will chat with our designer :)
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Re:Show HN: Formbricks – open-source alternative to Typeform... by j45 on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:22PM (#38134492)
Happy to chat off line.

I will also see if I can check out the repo to see if contributions are a possibility from my end :)

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