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The team at Stanford University who collaborated with the BMJ on the implementation of the new BMJ web site is very pleased with the results on the screen, and is also very much encouraged by the feedback we have received from readers who have filled out the questionnaire on the site.
Generally, one could characterize the feedback in a single word, "more", or perhaps "MORE!". That is, readers like what they see and they want more back content online, and more future services.
This is, as you can imagine, music to a web-developer's ears, since people rarely ask for more of something they found useless in the first place (excepting collectors of cancelled stamps, I suppose).
We look forward to continuing our work, and hope the BMJ's readers will continue their comments.
Mission accomplished, but what is next?
The team at Stanford University who collaborated with the BMJ on the implementation of the new BMJ web site is very pleased with the results on the screen, and is also very much encouraged by the feedback we have received from readers who have filled out the questionnaire on the site.
Generally, one could characterize the feedback in a single word, "more", or perhaps "MORE!". That is, readers like what they see and they want more back content online, and more future services.
This is, as you can imagine, music to a web-developer's ears, since people rarely ask for more of something they found useless in the first place (excepting collectors of cancelled stamps, I suppose).
We look forward to continuing our work, and hope the BMJ's readers will continue their comments.
Competing interests: No competing interests