The Field Notes
On forms, submissions, and the boring parts of the web.
Desk · ux
All field notes filed under ux.
- 01How to design survey questions that get honest answers
A practical guide to survey question design — question types, the three bias traps (leading, loaded, double-barreled), scale design, open vs closed questions, and why question order changes your data.
- 02How CAPTCHA kills form conversion (and what to use instead)
CAPTCHA on every form costs signups. The conversion math, when friction is worth it, and the adaptive approach that catches spam without fire-hydrant clicks.
- 03Conditional logic in surveys without writing code
Design branching surveys that ask each respondent the right next question — patterns that work, anti-patterns to avoid, and how to keep logic maintainable.
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