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Looks useful but I found it was too much effort to fill out. I think you could easily reduce the amount of text per question e.g. the first one could be rewritten to something like this:

I'm good at fixing computer issues myself 1) Agree 2) Disagree

Also, if you move on to the next question automatically after an answer is given instead of having to press "next" the process would be a lot quicker.



> Looks useful but I found it was too much effort to fill out

The primary purpose of this tool is to help someone choose an OS, which is a significant decision for many people. If a 5-10 minute survey to help answer this question is too much work, I don't think you are the target audience.


> The primary purpose of this tool is to help someone choose an OS, which is a significant decision for many people. If a 5-10 minute survey to help answer this question is too much work, I don't think you are the target audience.

Why make something more effort than it needs to be...? You could use that argument to justify needlessly laborious processes for lots of things. Keep in mind also that the user might be skeptical the advice they get at the end is any good so if it looks like too much work they may give up.


He's arguing it isn't more effort than it needs to be, and that carefully reading and evaluating questions about your operating system usage are standard when selection an OS.




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