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Show HN: Formbricks – Open-source alternative to Typeform and Sprig

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Re: Show HN: Formbricks – Open-source alternative to Typeform and Sprig

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Post by matthiasnannt »

colesantiago wrote: post #10

Does this work without javascript? I know folks that are very privacy conscious that are used to and hate cookie popups and will treat formbricks as just another cookie popup and will adblock, download a blocklist, or use a PiHole to remove intrusive popups automatically.

No, it requires Javascript. Our goal is to avoid survey fatigue and not annoy users, so by default a user will only be shown a survey once a week, and only surveys they haven't answered or seen before and closed before.

Also since it can be self-hosted, it can be served from the same domain as the application within the survey. We also see the surveys as part of the application and a necessary part for the maintainers to provide their service.

Re: Show HN: Formbricks – Open-source alternative to Typeform and Sprig

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Post by Fidelix »

This is a very nice project/product. Congrats.

May I suggest having some premium themes in the paid plan as an incentive to upgrade?

Please do keep the option to build a customised theme in the self-hosted version, though. Some people might even want to contribute back to the project because of that.

Re: Show HN: Formbricks – Open-source alternative to Typeform and Sprig

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Post by atonse »

matthiasnannt wrote: post #8
estherlita23 wrote: post #5

Most of the time, survey forms can be boring and monotonous. Apart from making an awesome product that works smoothly, do you also plan to have a design strategy to make your surveys stand out?

That's also one reason for highly targeted and contextual in-app micro-surveys that help you only ask a few users 1-2 relevant questions without generating survey fatique :-) Also this month we organized a hackathon around Formbricks where, thanks to the great support of over 100 contributors, we developed many of the link survey features requested by the community. We also developed features that improve the customi…

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.

Re: Show HN: Formbricks – Open-source alternative to Typeform and Sprig

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Post by meiraleal »

colesantiago wrote: post #10

Does this work without javascript? I know folks that are very privacy conscious that are used to and hate cookie popups and will treat formbricks as just another cookie popup and will adblock, download a blocklist, or use a PiHole to remove intrusive popups automatically.

> I know folks that are very privacy conscious that are used to and hate cookie popups and will treat formbricks as just another cookie popup and will adblock

they will do the same without javascript then, why would a privacy conscious person reply to a survey - the opposite of privacy?

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