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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's a screen shot of a new application we
released earlier this week:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.scripting.com/images/editSurvey.gif">http://www.scripting.com/images/editSurvey.gif</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's a browser-based survey system. Before
designing it, we did a prior-art review of other browser-based systems for
creating surveys, and found they got bogged down when providing a way to specify
a variable number of responses. Forms work well when you know exactly how many
of each items are allowed, but when it's variable, you end up putting the user
thru a time-consuming and error-prone process. It makes it hard to fix mistakes
-- so you end up with lots of mistakes! :-(</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wanted something that would be easier, and XML
provided the solution. This is not the usual reputation that XML has -- many
people think it makes things more complex, but in this application and a few
others we have in the pipe, it actually makes it easier.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you want to try out the survey editor, all
that's required is UserLand.Com membership, which is, of course free and open
(takes less than a minute to sign up.) The URL for the survey editor
is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://surveys.userland.com/">http://surveys.userland.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope you all check it out!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Winer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>UserLand Software</FONT></DIV>
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