[TriLUG] Slightly OT: "feeling thermometer" in HTML

zzd zzd at nc.rr.com
Tue Jun 17 12:17:39 EDT 2003


You may want to post these kind of questions at list at webdesign-l.com 
[http://webdesign-l.com/]. There focus is pretty self explanatory and 
they can be a useful resource when needed.

z

On Tuesday June 17 2003 10:24 am, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Sorry if this is too far afield. I'm working on a page for a survey
> we're about to start administering.  One of the questions is:
>
> "Please indicate on the following scale where you feel the value of
> using the internet to gather informatino is compared to using the
> internet to communicate with others. The middle of the scale
> indicates an even balance, the far left indicates a stronger value
> for gathering information, and the far right indicates a stronger
> value for communicating with others."
>
> 0..........................50.........................100
> gathering                                      communicating
> information                                    with others
>
> The protocol for the survey requires that it be available both online
> and in its paper form, and the paper form is the "master", so I can't
> change the question form. Can anyone suggest a good way to implement
> this in HTML (even better, from within perl CGI.pm)?  Clearly 100
> radio buttons will spill over beyond one line.  I'm open to nearly
> any suggestion, but of course it must be browser-independent (within
> the domain of graphical browsers) and able to be served by a
> debian/apache server.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> Andy
>
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