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Input lag on Forms Quiz Feedback
Hi All, Teacher here. Physics & Computer Sci background so fine with tech. I've just run a form with 85 responses. It has 20 auto-marked multi-choice and then 4 text input fields that I am marking my...
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How frustrating, but it helps to know someone else is having the same issue too! I'll also pass it on to Microsoft Ed. I may try using the "Forms for excel" version (somehow a same but different app) as this comes with a real-time connected spreadsheet, which may be less laggy if I can run it on my PC. Will let you know if this makes any difference.
Rob
Same. Super slow. And it isn't the computer I work on - it has 16GB RAM and super fast fibre to the house. The form filling is so slow, I have had to create a word doc with my sentences and replies so that I can copy and paste them in to the comment field. Massive error with the software and I don't understand why microsoft can't or haven't fixed it.
If I was to guess - I'd say the Form is automatically saving as I type. This could be rectified (if true) by automatically saving when the comment box has been completed or the user moves on to their next action instead.
jaggy73 Yeah! Microsoft seem to be in denial about it as a problem, or just think that I'm some daft tech-illiterate. Either way I'm very surprised there's not a flood of complaints about this issue given recent times!! We can't be the only ones!
You're probably right. It feels like it's save/syncing the entire database of the form with every few characters I type; rather than just looking at that one field for updates. The amount of time it takes can be tens of seconds! (On a 3.2GHz multi core, that is an eternity of processing time!) Saving on exit from the box would be a good start, and also looking at how the database gets updated with each save. It can't be too hard to fix, assuming Microsoft employ some of the best data engineers and UI programmers out there!
If it's too tricky; I've got my summer vacation coming up and travel is off the cards. I'd happily take a look into fixing that software! Microsoft can you hear me?
