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I'll go on record as saying I think the slider is a good idea. It's the subtle difference between picking from a pre-defined list at once versus exploring your
by roneesh 11y ago
I'll go on record as saying I think the slider is a good idea. It's the subtle difference between picking from a pre-defined list at once versus exploring your feelings sequentially that makes it valuable. If as the weeks go on they change the wording so you don't always remember the answers it can be a way to consider each option without a bias towards another choice. If you see all options at once, you immediately compare them, if you view them sequentially you consider each one more independently. Perhaps this is a pointless distinction for some (and for some personalities I'm sure it is), but to me it's valuable to take time and process and explore my feelings, rather than choose as quickly as possible.
- tamersalama 11y agoI disagree. The slider makes me jump between sliding and reading the value below. Since it's purely qualitative - I don't see anything wrong with discrete values.
- mtrimpe 11y agoThere's also the opposite route; where you manipulate the face and not the slider. I remember reading some article about it where I think there were two axis; love vs hate and weak vs strong emotions I believe and by moving over the face you would see the facial expression change and select it by clicking. That could also be an interesting approach for this...
- fweespeech 11y agoI think it is a good idea if it was a numeric scale rather than text-based. The problem with text is you move it, read text. Numbers are easy to process at a glance of 'low -> high' or 'bad -> good'. The descriptions aren't "right" with what I'm trying to put down even if I understand which direction I'm moving the slider. I'm basically treating it as a numeric scale anyway.
- applecore 11y agoAgreed. The slider makes clear the spectrum of possibilities.