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#2150 clicks to answer 50 questions? Lousy UX.
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#3150 clicks to answer 50 questions? Lousy UX.
A new ad loads each time. I think its exactly as they want it unfortunately.
I don't think they mean to be malicious and hurt the UX, I think they are just optimizing for ad-revenue a little too one-sidedly without giving enough thought to how the user feels about it.
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#4150 clicks to answer 50 questions? Lousy UX.
I got through 3 questions before I said "shove it."
Kind of funny how a quiz about being scientifically literate is completely design-and-experience illiterate.
edit: Actually, it's not funny. It's the reason a lot of people don't like science. If you're going to do this kind of thing as public awareness, you should make it fun and likable. Not annoying. It puts a bad face on science.
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#5> What is the heaviest noble gas?
> What combustible compound, the principal component of natural gas, has the chemical formula CH4?
Oh come on, you can be scientifically literate and not remember these factoids. Understanding and internalisation of the "scientific posture" does not equate to the ability to answer random multiple choice questions about chemistry.
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#6What terrible design! Truly awful. 50 questions? I bet nobody will actually finish this. I expect better, CSM.
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#7150 clicks to answer 50 questions? Lousy UX.
I got through 3 questions before I said "shove it." Kind of funny how a quiz about being scientifically literate is completely design-and-experience illiterate. edit: Actually, it's not funny. It's the reason a lot of people don't like science. If you're going to do this kind of thing as public awareness, you should make it fun and likable. Not annoying. It puts a bad face on science.
At the end of it, all it gives is a number of question answered, a number relative to what?
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#8150 clicks to answer 50 questions? Lousy UX.
Also the fact that you needed to click EXACTLY on the radio button (wasting all that space that the td > input[type=radio] occupies) and that it doesn't show a cursor: pointer; when hovering on the () buttons.
Funny quiz nonetheless. I'm an avid fan of Science (Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biology and Cosmology.), but I didn't get most of the questions right. /sigh
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#9I'm scientifically literate because I understand the scientific method.. How to set up a hypothesis and test it... Not because I'm good at memorizing factoids
I'm not surprised that a site with the words "Christian science" in the title doesn't get this :)
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#10I'm scientifically literate because I understand the scientific method.. How to set up a hypothesis and test it... Not because I'm good at memorizing factoids I'm not surprised that a site with the words "Christian science" in the title doesn't get this :)
CSM is actually well established as a legitimate news source and journal; it's name has little to do with it's intentions.
The name simply derives from the wishes of one of the founders.