This quiz is a well designed product, attracting far more traffic than the text-only quiz I used for several years. People like to see answers in the form of images, not just words. They particularly like to see pictures of other people or whatever is the quiz subject.
Knowing this, I searched for this type of quiz component at dozens of websites, examining over a hundred different quizes. Only a few allow images to be shown. Of those, this quiz is the only one (other than a non-modifiable one priced at $200) offering four essential features: images with answers, score tally, correct answer identification, and question randomization.
Yes, I know, those last two features are not included in the basic quiz sold above, as several commenters observed. In the author’s response, however, he offers to customize the quiz for anyone contacting him at href="http://www.frankieboywonder@hotmail.com" http://www.frankieboywonder@hotmail.com">rel="nofollow">http://www.frankieboywonder@hotmail.com . I took him up on that offer. He added both of those missing features at a very modest cost. Because he now has the quiz upgraded, anyone contacting him at this point likely will find the customization available for even less than what I paid.
With or without the customization, this quiz component must be the product of an obsessive-compulsive mind. The actionscript coding, for example, is elegant and clean—the equal of anything I purchased here at FlashDen or from my other favorite component stores (e.g., Flashloaded, Tufat, and JumpEye). Moreover, the author’s responsiveness to my email questions exceeded any customer service I experienced elsewhere.
As to the quiz animation, again there are many signs of obsessive attention to detail. I’m referring to those cute little dips and curtseys done by the image, answer text, question, and other graphic elements. I like the way they shift and jump about on the quiz stage because it helps to hold a viewer’s attention.
The quiz package came with an xml document I easily modified in a text editor. I just typed in the questions and short answers together with names of image files, which are JPGs and PNGs in my case. Overall, then, this is one of my favorite flash components. I wish I could provide a link to this customized quiz - my new webpage toy - but I’m using it on the intranet of a large federal agency in Washington DC.


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