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Wufoo : A UI that Really Cares

33 points by unfoldedorigami 19y ago

r7000 19y ago
Nothing like a rave review to help smooth over.. anything.
simianstyle 19y ago
The emotional state drop-down is a wonderful idea! Don't mind if I borrow that for my contact forms :-)
aykall 19y ago
I think this is awesome but I'm not sure of how the majority would feel about it, I'm afraid some will just think this is a waste of time. Given the number of comments here I think I'm right...
kuldeep_kap 19y ago
Yes, go to admit that the UI of Wufoo and their forms is very cool thats the main reason, I choose to use this service, but I wish they had send-to-email option for their forms.
- nextmoveone 19y ago
  They do! Idk if its free though, premium has it though.
derefr 19y ago
It sort of feels like ALICE: it asks you questions it might not do anything with, but you feel better for having answered them (i.e. "therapy.") That brings to mind--is there anything similar to a web therapy service yet? I imagine you could train a Jabberwacky bot to do it.
staunch 19y ago
Similar thing from Xobni: http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2008/01/three-clever-xobni-features-13-are-you.html http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2008/01/three-clever-xobni-f... I imitated it and the feedback from it is the source of daily amusement for me.
m0nty 19y ago
"A drop down menu that ignores corporate jargon, came to terms with the fact there may actually be a flaw in THEIR system, and inquired about my emotional state." I think support forms should have an Eliza program built-in: "I have a problem with my email." "So how do you feel about your problem with email?" "Just fix the problem!" "Tell me more about fix the problem." That aside, enquiring about my emotional state would annoy the hell out of me :-}
laktek 19y ago
Next craze in web forms I want to see is the emotional state. This could be the next captcha. Please don't overload the forms of your web apps. Add only the fields that match to the context.
coffeeaddicted 19y ago
Don't know about wufoo, but as nice as that blog looks, it does freeze my browser (iceweasel) when I scroll the page. Even after it's loaded completely. With opera it's even worse - it's getting so slow that the side is nearly impossible to browse.

r7000 19y ago

Nothing like a rave review to help smooth over.. anything.

simianstyle 19y ago

The emotional state drop-down is a wonderful idea! Don't mind if I borrow that for my contact forms :-)

aykall 19y ago

I think this is awesome but I'm not sure of how the majority would feel about it, I'm afraid some will just think this is a waste of time. Given the number of comments here I think I'm right...

kuldeep_kap 19y ago

Yes, go to admit that the UI of Wufoo and their forms is very cool thats the main reason, I choose to use this service, but I wish they had send-to-email option for their forms.

nextmoveone 19y ago
They do! Idk if its free though, premium has it though.

derefr 19y ago

It sort of feels like ALICE: it asks you questions it might not do anything with, but you feel better for having answered them (i.e. "therapy.") That brings to mind--is there anything similar to a web therapy service yet? I imagine you could train a Jabberwacky bot to do it.

staunch 19y ago

Similar thing from Xobni: http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2008/01/three-clever-xobni-features-13-are-you.html http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2008/01/three-clever-xobni-f... I imitated it and the feedback from it is the source of daily amusement for me.

m0nty 19y ago

"A drop down menu that ignores corporate jargon, came to terms with the fact there may actually be a flaw in THEIR system, and inquired about my emotional state." I think support forms should have an Eliza program built-in: "I have a problem with my email." "So how do you feel about your problem with email?" "Just fix the problem!" "Tell me more about fix the problem." That aside, enquiring about my emotional state would annoy the hell out of me :-}

laktek 19y ago

Next craze in web forms I want to see is the emotional state. This could be the next captcha. Please don't overload the forms of your web apps. Add only the fields that match to the context.

coffeeaddicted 19y ago

Don't know about wufoo, but as nice as that blog looks, it does freeze my browser (iceweasel) when I scroll the page. Even after it's loaded completely. With opera it's even worse - it's getting so slow that the side is nearly impossible to browse.