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Comment by jaywalk | Hacker News Reader

Very impressive! You've got a bright future ahead of you. Just get rid of the cutesy "hints" on the login page (Press Alt-F4 to win, etc.) I know you're just trying to have some fun, but if you want people to actually start using this (and it seems like you do) they're not going to be happy if students end up closing their browsers in the middle of quizzes because they aren't in on the jokes.

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Thank you! That's a pretty good idea..

I've just pushed an update that removes the hints.

> if you want people to actually start using this (and it seems like you do) they're not going to be happy if students end up closing their browsers in the middle of quizzes because they aren't in on the jokes.

When did the world become so saddeningly serious?

The original version of Facebook had the Top Gun quote “Too close for missiles, switching to guns” at the bottom of the page.

Completely different scenario.

Do you not see any issue with this being used for an actual, graded quiz and a student being kicked out because they thought pressing Alt+F4 would give them an advantage? It's not like they were funny but unrelated and harmless hints. They were not obvious jokes to non-technical people, and could directly harm the students if they took them seriously.

You can throw all the Alt+F4 and Ctrl+W jokes you want into a game. No harm, no foul. But they have no place in an application like this.

While I completely agree, I just wanted to point out that Quickz quizzes (and Kahoots) shouldn't be used for proper graded tests.

I think a lot of professors in European universities use it for weekly tests (10% of your final score). Case in point, I went to 2 universities in 2 different countries and more than 3 professors in each used it like that.

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