Quiz engine

[TJ_Tigger]

I am in the process of building an Quiz engine that will take test in .txt format and randomize the questions and answers for each question. Below is a link to the compressed exe for this test. I am looking for comments on the usability of the test. The test is stored in the Docs folder and can be replaced easily with a test of your own if you like. The duration and questions to ask are controlled by an ini file in the same folder as the test. The final version of the test will actually be encrypted and not called Test.txt or Answers.txt, which are their current names.

Tigg

Quiz app

Note: There is a review button and click here button that are not defined at this time. They are there for future use. I will upload a new version that hides these buttons.

[Worm]

Great Stuff there Tig!

Taking the quiz worked well. Can't wait to see the whole deal!

I am in the process of building an Quiz engine that will take test in .txt format and randomize the questions and answers for each question. Below is a link to the compressed exe for this test. I am looking for comments on the usability of the test. The test is stored in the Docs folder and can be replaced easily with a test of your own if you like. The duration and questions to ask are controlled by an ini file in the same folder as the test. The final version of the test will actually be encrypted and not called Test.txt or Answers.txt, which are their current names.

Tigg

Quiz app

[pjhiggins]

Worked great for me also. No problems.

I particularly liked the ability to either type or click to answer.

The intro kills my PC though. Not just yours but all of those fade in/out intros. Took my P3 1.2MHz w/512MB about 5 mins to work all the way through the fade up and down.

[Worm]

I ran it on my Notebook (P3 1.2 GHZ, 512MB RAM) and it ran very smooth. I wonder what gives. Any other apps open that may hog resources too?

Worked great for me also. No problems.

I particularly liked the ability to either type or click to answer.

The intro kills my PC though. Not just yours but all of those fade in/out intros. Took my P3 1.2MHz w/512MB about 5 mins to work all the way through the fade up and down.

[TJ_Tigger]

What OS are you running? I have run this on a laptop with Win2K PIII 800Mhz w/256 RAM and it fades in/out relatively quickly. Nothing near 5 Min. Maybe I will add a check box that will allow you to skip the fade in/out intro.

Worked great for me also. No problems.

I particularly liked the ability to either type or click to answer.

The intro kills my PC though. Not just yours but all of those fade in/out intros. Took my P3 1.2MHz w/512MB about 5 mins to work all the way through the fade up and down.

[Corey]

Seems OK here. Nice job BTW Tigg, tres snazzifico!!!

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Stefan_M]

Hi Tig,

it works on my machine (P3 800, 512 MB Ram, win2000 SP4).
On my double monitor system it looks a little bit strange.

What can I do if I reach the last page (Showing score information)?
only close the application or is there a "start again" button?


Stefan

[TJ_Tigger]

Hi Tig,

it works on my machine (P3 800, 512 MB Ram, win2000 SP4).
On my double monitor system it looks a little bit strange.

What can I do if I reach the last page (Showing score information)?
only close the application or is there a "start again" button?


Stefan

Thanks for pointing that out Stefan. I was thinking of adding buttons to take you back to take the test again if one wanted to allow such a thing. Another option would be to take you back to the review section or maybe e-mail your scores along with user name to the test giver so they could review how everyone did. I will make a couple of quick changes and reupload the file so it has those extra buttons.

Tigg

[longedge]

Intro took 3 or 4 minutes on my 1.2GHz, 512MB, XP HomeEd laptop and at one stage I thought it was locked up but after that everything was fine.

Looks good - but I always goes for fullscreen - not windowed - grab 100% of the users attention. Is that bad form?

[TJ_Tigger]

Intro took 3 or 4 minutes on my 1.2GHz, 512MB, XP HomeEd laptop and at one stage I thought it was locked up but after that everything was fine.

Looks good - but I always goes for fullscreen - not windowed - grab 100% of the users attention. Is that bad form?

Ok I have reduced the number of colors that were used in the splash image in hopes that it would load faster. If you would care to try it now. I have uploaded a new version of the quiz with the new image.

Tigg

[Corey]

I always goes for fullscreen - not windowed - grab 100% of the users attention. Is that bad form?

What is considered bad form in one area may not be in another. For example a kids e-learning application or video game which goes full screen is great whereas a Virtual Business Card or Address Book application which goes full screen is probably bad form functionally speaking. A good way to assess this is to look around at your ten largest competitors and see what they are doing, this will generally give you a good idea of what the market expects from your type of application.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[longedge]

Tried it again for updated version. Still taking just under 3 minutes for intro and using 100% cpu for most of that time . Tried second time after closing all open apps, networking firewall virus protection etc. but made no difference. As soon as the intro finishes cpu usage drops to 3% and all is well.

[AGRO]

Started .exe, took about 3 secondes to see the splash image. The image kinda morphed into the picture. At first I saw lines like that of the effect when you motion blur an object in Photoshop, then the image. Total of 3 seconds. After that every thing worked just great. Looks good

As far as full screen or a window, I have to agree with corey on that one. I have made many for kids as a target market. If you dont go full screen they will be asking questions like "what is that behind the box".

As for a professional presentation business card, I usually try to stay in about 3 sizes. I also like to take a look at there computers to see what resolution they are using. I know that they are not the target market but it is nice to know what to show them for the approval, and who is there target market.

[Corey]

Goog point Agro, ultimately the client's choice is the decider. 3 choices is ideal, as you don't want to give them too many or too few.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[longedge]

It's not because I don't have AMS5 installed (yet) is it?

That sounds ridiculous doesn't it - but who knows...

Re full screen - kids & teachers are the target, but really I'm lucky. I make the decisions and they get what they're given. I like full screen so I do full screen