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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 »

gingerlime wrote: post #31

Looks great. Was a big fan of Typeform in the early days. I’m trying it on my iPhone SE 2022 and get this message: Formbricks is not available for devices with smaller resolutions.

The Formbricks admin interface is not yet optimized for mobile use. We will address this with the redesign in the next 1-2 months :-)

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

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Post by Sai_ »

I’m curious if there is a way to build forms on the fly in response to user responses?

I want to create a chat interface but instead of doing that from scratch, can a form builder become a starting point?

The way I understand it, a form consists of a series of fixed questions. What if the questions were dynamic but restricted to short answer type? This would make creation of chat interfaces so simple and beautiful.

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

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Post by j45 »

Sai_ wrote: post #33

I’m curious if there is a way to build forms on the fly in response to user responses? I want to create a chat interface but instead of doing that from scratch, can a form builder become a starting point? The way I understand it, a form consists of a series of fixed questions. What if the questions were dynamic but restricted to short answer type? This would make creation of chat interfaces so simple and beautiful.

Branching and contextual surveying is a little different than linear questions in a form even though both might be presented in a form.

The plumbing of a survey engine could provide some pieces for presenting and maybe storing questions and answers but the order of presentation might be the layer to build.

Dynamic questions can be expressed in many ways, whether it’s literally specified, or more generally specified. If they’re more generally specified, relevancy can be an issue.

What would a chat interface be different in your mind? A chat interface face alone might be able to connect to the api of a paid surveying tool that could handle your dynamic question queueing needs.

I’m a little engaged in directly in this area around online education if you want to discuss your need further offline

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

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Post by Sai_ »

j45 wrote: post #34
Sai_ wrote: post #33

I’m curious if there is a way to build forms on the fly in response to user responses? I want to create a chat interface but instead of doing that from scratch, can a form builder become a starting point? The way I understand it, a form consists of a series of fixed questions. What if the questions were dynamic but restricted to short answer type? This would make creation of chat interfaces so simple and beautiful.

Branching and contextual surveying is a little different than linear questions in a form even though both might be presented in a form. The plumbing of a survey engine could provide some pieces for presenting and maybe storing questions and answers but the order of presentation might be the layer to build. Dynamic questions can be expressed in many ways, whether it’s literally specified, or more generally specified.…

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

#36

Post by j45 »

matthiasnannt wrote: post #32
gingerlime wrote: post #31

Looks great. Was a big fan of Typeform in the early days. I’m trying it on my iPhone SE 2022 and get this message: Formbricks is not available for devices with smaller resolutions.

The Formbricks admin interface is not yet optimized for mobile use. We will address this with the redesign in the next 1-2 months :-)

This will be a great jump forward. So much traffic is mobile.

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

#38

Post by j45 »

matthiasnannt wrote: post #28
atonse wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Good point! We already have an open pull request to have the "time to complete" calculated and displayed at the beginning of the survey. https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/pull/1461 Another idea would be to let the survey creator know the current length/time to complete the survey, and if it's getting too long, show them advice on how to make it shorter, and show them that they will lose participants otherwise.

Having a reverse countdown is valuable too.

3-2-1 steps to go is more engaging than step 1-2-3.

Same goes for a progress bar that says the percent remaining instead of the percent complete.

Would be awesome to be able to customize this in a way that looks natural.

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

#39

Post by beanclap »

j45 wrote: post #38
matthiasnannt wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good point! We already have an open pull request to have the "time to complete" calculated and displayed at the beginning of the survey. https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks/pull/1461 Another idea would be to let the survey creator know the current length/time to complete the survey, and if it's getting too long, show them advice on how to make it shorter, and show them that they will lose participants otherwise.

Having a reverse countdown is valuable too. 3-2-1 steps to go is more engaging than step 1-2-3. Same goes for a progress bar that says the percent remaining instead of the percent complete. Would be awesome to be able to customize this in a way that looks natural.

cool idea, will chat with our designer :)
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