Re: FN-FORUM Site design question...

date posted 12th February 2003 14:51

Hi

Why not have one initial page with some customisation questions (are you
interested in boats/trips out etc), and then (through cgi or somesuch)
make a customised main form based on the responses? One system I worked on
that does this is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/budgetinteractive/form1.html

Graham

> Since everyone else is saying the opposite, I have to say I prefer one long
> page.
>
> I always set my Search Preferences on Google etc to show the highest
> possible number of rows, doesn't everyone?
>
> I like to be able to see what I'm letting myself in for.
>
> Besides, think of people with bad connections. You might be talking about 1
> * 10 seconds download time for a single page as opposed to (say) 10 * 6
> seconds.
>
> Of course you do need JS validation though.
>
> Nick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Hutchinson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Site design question...
>
>
> > Personally, I'd prefer one question per screen, with an indication of how
> > far through the process I had got, ie. 1 of 26 and the ability to quickly
> go
> > back to a question if I need to, perhaps a progress bar that highlighted
> the
> > questions you had answered and ones you had left for later. Although this
> > would only work if each page was quick loading and didn't have loads of
> > graphics, etc to download. A long screen can be daunting and confusing.
> >
> > Catherine
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Macnaughton-Jones" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:09 PM
> > Subject: FN-FORUM Site design question...
> >
> >
> > > I'm in the process of building a complex booking system. As part of the
> > > system it's going to end up with needing a load of user input -
> questions
> > > with drop down selections and subsequent questions etc., etc.
> > >
> > > I'd like some "design" opinion...
> > >
> > > When the user selects the item they want to book, should it display a
> > single
> > > page with loads and loads of questions (hiding the unrelevant ones)
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > Display multiple pages asking questions about each individual item in
> the
> > > booking (like if they want to go on a boat trip or something like that)
> > >
> > > Would you as a user get pi$$ed off with either;
> > >
> > > (a) A long(ish) download of a big page (that may appear to be complex)
> > > (b) Having to get through lots of steps ?
> > >
> > > Users have to be registered in order to book so their details have
> already
> > > been captured.
> > >
> > > tia
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >
> > >
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