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This is my first submission to hn, so be gentle with me. The app still has alot of work to do (eg: send email on registration), but I figure that I shouldn't wa

by mping 15y ago

This is my first submission to hn, so be gentle with me. The app still has alot of work to do (eg: send email on registration), but I figure that I shouldn't wait anymore.

1p1e1 15y ago
Activating a second questionnaire doesn't seem to work. :( Good work though!
- mping 15y ago
  I've got to check that out.
dshipper 15y ago
The interface could use some work. I don't want to have to press back every time I add a new question. It was unclear to me whether I should be creating multiple "questionaires" or adding new questions to one questionnaire. Is questionnaire the right word for this? Those are just my 30-second reactions.
- mping 15y ago
  I'll think of something to clear up the confusion. I sure need to write a guide. You shouldn't have to press back, only left click on the questions and they would be added dynamically.
tryitnow 15y ago
You did the right thing in submitting this now. In reading the feedback, just remember that you can't please all of the people all of the time. Focus on the feedback that really resonates with you. Other people will create apps for those whose use cases don't fit your app. I know it's hard to understand your target market. I've been looking for something like this for a while, so I'm excited and more than willing to give you further feedback. Feel free to email me at my gmail account -> username is tryitnowhn
codeswimmer 15y ago
As a weekend project, seems like you're off to a good start here. The UI is nice, as I happen to like simple, clean, minimal interfaces. (This is bootstrap, I assume.) I'm not keen on the flow of creating & editing questionnaires, though; would prefer having the whole process be done within the same screen instead of jumping to a new page. This is especially the case when mobile. It's unclear if not being able to have multiple questionnaires active simultaneously is by design or a bug, but in my mind it's essential. There are a few things I could stand to be reminded of needing to do routinely during the day (i.e. take a 5-minute stretch break from coding every hour), some other tasks where I'd like to track how long I'm doing them over time (how much sleep, how long the workout was, etc.) plus a ton of possibilities I'm not even thinking of but would likely find really useful. You might want to consider adding some scoring, rewards and achievements to the mix as well; it might make the journey of reaching your goals a little more fun. I'd like a checkbox-based multiple choice questionnaire in addition to the radio button-based one you currently have. You'd have to complete all of the tasks for the questionnaire to be considered complete. Partially completed questionnaires provide lower scores than fully completed ones. Also, the ability to add this as a channel to if-this-then-that (http://http://ifttt.com/ http://http://ifttt.com/) could turn out to be really powerful. Since this is yet another calendar in my life I would like to find a way to fit it into the one that rules them all. Not sure what that means, really, other than I have multiple calendars that I've taken the time to sync together, so this should as well, somehow. ;) Perhaps there's a way to take a recurring event that I've created on my calendar that Routinetap could trap and automatically turn into a questionnaire. Lastly, Maybe I want to tell my social circle that I've reached some milestone or completed a goal; ifttt could provide that without you having to do much work at all (i.e. send an SMS or email to me when the milestone or goal is reached; on ifttt I could set up a trigger that blasts my achievement to my social networks, or something else entirely). If you're not familiar with ifttt, you should check it out. It's awesome. Again, a very nice start. I think you're wise to get this out there as a MVP; I can envision this turning into a very useful product/service. Feel free to ping me here on HN for more discussion. ♒ Cheers.
- mping 15y ago
  thanks for your input. you (and the others as well) gave me alot of food for thought; It seems my current major headache is the flow of the questionnaire creation; also multiple active questionnaires seem indeed essential. The scoring aspeect also seems interesting. I find it strange nobody argued about the chart, but I'm guessing there's no sufficient input to discuss it. As a first-timer let me say that this community is indeed excellent.

by mping 15y ago

This is my first submission to hn, so be gentle with me. The app still has alot of work to do (eg: send email on registration), but I figure that I shouldn't wait anymore.

1p1e1 15y ago

Activating a second questionnaire doesn't seem to work. :( Good work though!

mping 15y ago
I've got to check that out.

dshipper 15y ago

The interface could use some work. I don't want to have to press back every time I add a new question. It was unclear to me whether I should be creating multiple "questionaires" or adding new questions to one questionnaire. Is questionnaire the right word for this? Those are just my 30-second reactions.

mping 15y ago
I'll think of something to clear up the confusion. I sure need to write a guide. You shouldn't have to press back, only left click on the questions and they would be added dynamically.

tryitnow 15y ago

You did the right thing in submitting this now. In reading the feedback, just remember that you can't please all of the people all of the time. Focus on the feedback that really resonates with you. Other people will create apps for those whose use cases don't fit your app. I know it's hard to understand your target market. I've been looking for something like this for a while, so I'm excited and more than willing to give you further feedback. Feel free to email me at my gmail account -> username is tryitnowhn

codeswimmer 15y ago

As a weekend project, seems like you're off to a good start here. The UI is nice, as I happen to like simple, clean, minimal interfaces. (This is bootstrap, I assume.) I'm not keen on the flow of creating & editing questionnaires, though; would prefer having the whole process be done within the same screen instead of jumping to a new page. This is especially the case when mobile. It's unclear if not being able to have multiple questionnaires active simultaneously is by design or a bug, but in my mind it's essential. There are a few things I could stand to be reminded of needing to do routinely during the day (i.e. take a 5-minute stretch break from coding every hour), some other tasks where I'd like to track how long I'm doing them over time (how much sleep, how long the workout was, etc.) plus a ton of possibilities I'm not even thinking of but would likely find really useful. You might want to consider adding some scoring, rewards and achievements to the mix as well; it might make the journey of reaching your goals a little more fun. I'd like a checkbox-based multiple choice questionnaire in addition to the radio button-based one you currently have. You'd have to complete all of the tasks for the questionnaire to be considered complete. Partially completed questionnaires provide lower scores than fully completed ones. Also, the ability to add this as a channel to if-this-then-that (http://http://ifttt.com/ http://http://ifttt.com/) could turn out to be really powerful. Since this is yet another calendar in my life I would like to find a way to fit it into the one that rules them all. Not sure what that means, really, other than I have multiple calendars that I've taken the time to sync together, so this should as well, somehow. ;) Perhaps there's a way to take a recurring event that I've created on my calendar that Routinetap could trap and automatically turn into a questionnaire. Lastly, Maybe I want to tell my social circle that I've reached some milestone or completed a goal; ifttt could provide that without you having to do much work at all (i.e. send an SMS or email to me when the milestone or goal is reached; on ifttt I could set up a trigger that blasts my achievement to my social networks, or something else entirely). If you're not familiar with ifttt, you should check it out. It's awesome. Again, a very nice start. I think you're wise to get this out there as a MVP; I can envision this turning into a very useful product/service. Feel free to ping me here on HN for more discussion. ♒ Cheers.

mping 15y ago
thanks for your input. you (and the others as well) gave me alot of food for thought; It seems my current major headache is the flow of the questionnaire creation; also multiple active questionnaires seem indeed essential. The scoring aspeect also seems interesting. I find it strange nobody argued about the chart, but I'm guessing there's no sufficient input to discuss it. As a first-timer let me say that this community is indeed excellent.