New in the Knowledge Base By Paul Nevin Knowledge base 3rd March 2015 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We’ve recently added a host of new articles to Askia’s Help Centre, for those of you who haven’t had the time to check them out, here’s a breakdown of the new Knowledge Base posts: Survey intros & outros Survey intros (AskiaIntro) & outros (AskiaOutro) have been specifically designed for askiavoice CATi interviewing. They allow users to add an intro and/or an outro section to their survey. The AskiaIntro section will be asked to the respondent for each contact (once per call) and can therefore be used to screen our respondent.…
Developers, join our team! By Paul Nevin Jobs 4th February 2015 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Update: this job offer is no longer available. Please come back soon for more jobs! Askia‘s dev team is currently seeking a candidate who has a huge passion for software development. We’re looking to find a quality .NET programmer / developer for a permanent position. The position will involve building and maintaining C# web services as well as implementing the front-end in JavaScript (using ExtJS) for our software suite. You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining these applications alongside our team of developers in our Paris office (even…
Cumulative updates & future milestones By Paul Nevin Askiaanalysis 17th December 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Over the past month, we have slightly shifted our development & release process with askiavista: instead of longer development cycles with many fixes & improvements, we have began to release smaller versions that mainly include fixes where new features are added at a slower pace. This helps us maximise our response rate when fixing urgent issues. So, we are doing our best to release early, release often. Below, a breakdown of the two latest minor updates for askiavista: Version 6.0.3.1 released 21/11/2014 Add footnotes property to tables (new)…
This askiavista is massive! By Paul Nevin Askiaanalysis 3rd November 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We have finally released version 6.0.3.0 of askiavista! First, of all, don’t judge a book by looking at the cover: this is more a 6.1 version than a minor version. Indeed, it packs: 22 new features 22 bug fixes 7 miscellaneous tasks Below, some of the key new features: Portfolio section pages Users can now create Section pages within their Portfolios; these pages allow to add formatted text and media (image & video). Such pages are a great solution for report introductions, notes, metadata, … New portfolio link…
Removing bugs… By Paul Nevin Miscellaneous 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter “If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.” Edsger Dijkstra
askiaface now fixed for iOS 8! By Paul Nevin Askiafield 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter askiaface has been updated to version 3.0.5; this new version includes the following: Fixes an issue when running iOS 8+ in landscape mode (#6201) Adds Set language on-the-fly (#6132) Fixes an issue when returning back on a screen with an ADC 2.0 that would display blank answer(s) (#6133) This update is now available in the App Store and can be downloaded on all your devices!
Askia opens office in LA and now hiring! By Paul Nevin Business, Jobs 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Askia has set up a new office in Los Angeles. The office is the second for Askia in the United States, reflecting the growth of the company’s survey software business and demand from marketing research agencies for specialised, innovative software solutions. Jamey Corriveau, Director of U.S. Operations, will head up the new office. Jamey is currently hiring both client service and technical support staff to provide expanded customer care. Corriveau has worked for over 25 years in the survey and market research industry, with 14 years at SPSS…
New Knowledge Base articles incoming! By Paul Nevin Askiaanalysis, Askiadesign, Askiafield, Knowledge base 17th October 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We have been regularly updating Askia’s Help centre with various KB articles that cover our software offering. Here are some of these latest articles: Askiadesign: about:blank error message Microsoft recently updated Internet Explorer. This update may cause the below error message to be displayed in askiadesign: See the full article to fix this issue. Askiafield: Data exports: Methods, Pros & Cons This in-depth article covers all you need to know about the different data export methods along with the pros & cons for each method. From Supervisor’s Export to QES…
Hierarchy: a new ADC 2.0 survey control By Paul Nevin Askiadesign 12th September 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Just to let you know we’ve just added an article in the Help Centre about Hierarchy, a new ADC 2.0 control designed by Mamadou. You can find the latest version of the ADC, an example .QEX file as well as a test link to view it live (there are 3 screens in the survey). You also got a small video explaining how use the control and create the database. Here is the detailed KB article.
Software design By Paul Nevin Miscellaneous 12th September 2014 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter “There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.” Charles Antony Richard Hoare
