What does QuickSurveys provide that CentralNotice should not? Why maintain two extensions instead of one? QuickSurveys may provide little value over CentralNotice, is missing some features that CentralNotice has, is rarely used, and therefore the two should be considered for convergence. This task tracks that discussion.
QuickSurveys appears to have been used about 10 times in the last 3 years.
Surveys require a developer to both build the configuration and deploy it:
QuickSurveys config
{ "@QuickSurveysRequireHttps": "Whether to require links to external surveys to be secure", "QuickSurveysRequireHttps": true, "QuickSurveysConfig": [ { "@name": "survey name", "name": "internal example survey", "@type": "internal or external link survey", "type": "internal", "@question": "survey question message key", "question": "ext-quicksurveys-example-internal-survey-question", "@description": "The message key of the description of the survey. Displayed immediately below the survey question.", "description": "ext-quicksurveys-example-internal-survey-description", "@answers": "possible answer message keys for positive, neutral, and negative", "answers": [ "ext-quicksurveys-example-internal-survey-answer-positive", "ext-quicksurveys-example-internal-survey-answer-neutral", "ext-quicksurveys-example-internal-survey-answer-negative" ], "@enabled": "whether the survey is enabled", "enabled": true, "@coverage": "percentage of users that will see the survey", "coverage": 0.5, "@platforms": "for each platform (desktop, mobile), which version of it is targeted (stable, beta)", "platforms": { "desktop": ["stable"], "mobile": ["stable", "beta"] } }, { "name": "external example survey", "@type": "internal or external link survey", "type": "external", "@question": "survey question message key", "question": "ext-quicksurveys-example-external-survey-question", "@description": "the i18n key of the description of the survey", "description": "ext-quicksurveys-example-external-survey-description", "@link": "external link to the survey", "link": "ext-quicksurveys-example-external-survey-link", "@instanceTokenParameterName": "parameter to add to link", "instanceTokenParameterName": "parameterName", "@privacyPolicy": "The i18n key of the privacy policy text.", "privacyPolicy": "ext-quicksurveys-example-external-survey-privacy-policy", "@enabled": "whether the survey is enabled", "enabled": true, "@coverage": "percentage of users that will see the survey", "coverage": 0.5, "@platforms": "for each platform (desktop, mobile), which version of it is targeted (stable, beta)", "platforms": { "desktop": ["stable"], "mobile": ["stable", "beta"] } } ] }
Whereas CentralNotice provides a GUI:
Open questions
- Does QuickSurveys provide any value that CentralNotice should not? Does the regularity of its usage justify its maintenance cost?
- What functionality would CentralNotice require to sunset QuickSurveys?