[Foundation-l] Editor Survey, 2011

[Amir E. Aharoni]

2011/3/11 Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli at wikimedia.org>:
>> The simple answer: Maybe, but how could i know that?
>>
>> The smartass answer: Maybe, but how could i know that after clicking
>> 'Next' i wouldn't be presented with a stupid JavaScript error message,
>> punishing me for clicking 'Next' before filling the required fields?
>
> on the frontpage you can read in a prominent box:
>
> "Please note that you can skip any question (or select "No answer") that you do not wish to answer or that you think does not apply."
>
> there is not a single required field in this survey.

I felt so bad about not noticing it (really), that i came back to the
survey to try to fill it again, but in the middle of the first page i
had a break. When i completed the first page and clicked Next, i
received a message saying:

We are sorry but your session has expired.
Either you have been inactive for too long, you have cookies disabled
for your browser, or there were problems with your connection.

I was away for maybe half an hour. That's not "too long".

And if that's not enough, i couldn't use the Back button to restore my answers.

Such things must not happen in WMF surveys.

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