LimeSurvey Version 3.25.5+201222

Have Googled extensively and searched for timings on this forum and in Google.  We have no use for the timings data (I assume tied to Assessment) features and the response table -- and response columns -- on the surveys we are using.   The reason I'd like to turn this feature off and remove the columns in the response table -- even if I have to do a new install -- is that on export of survey response data, we'd like to make it easier for our survey admins to make sure the right colums are selected, and it's much less clear with all the timings tables there.  

Is there a way currently to simply disable the creation of timings data either through a global setting, or a survey specific setting?  I've looked -- a lot -- and couldn't find anything so I assume no, but I figured I'd ask.  Thanks.

www.limesurvey.org/manual/Notifications_%26_data#Save_timings

And
www.limesurvey.org/manual/Notifications_%26_data#Date_stamp

OK, so you switch on the timings for your survey (default the timings are off) and then you don't like that the timings are saved?

A little weird.

Jokes aside: Just like Tpartner and Denis: just do not tick "date stamp" and "save timings" when activating a survey and you are fine.

Thank you. I'm feeling a bit humbled because I can assure you I looked -- I thought everywhere -- and I did not expect this response. However, my wife says all the time that I have "male pattern blindness" when I need to find something in the refrigerator so, there's that...

So, yes, the setting is there. As a non-developer user/administrator of not only LimeSurvey but of other open source tools (SuiteCRM, Mautic, Wordpress, etc.) I will also say from my non-developer-user perspective that LimeSurvey has gotten quite complicated -- especially theming. Theming now requires a developer even for small changes. At a minimum, you need to be prepared to go down a rabbit hole trying to figure out css.

It's still a great tool, and powerful, but not for the uninitiated. I guess you get what ... well, you know.

I will also say from my non-developer-user perspective that LimeSurvey has gotten quite complicated -- especially theming. Theming now requires a developer even for small changes. At a minimum, you need to be prepared to go down a rabbit hole trying to figure out css.

I agree with Limesurvey having become complicated regarding theming.

You are a lot more flexible now than you were before, but if you really want to create a different Theme, it is more complicated. You need to know more about webdevelopment. But then, webdevelopment has become more complicated in itself, more options more knowledge required. and developing a Limesurvey theme from scratch is just like developing a website.

On the other hand, you get more and more clickable options in the themes now, so that it becomes easier for very simple changes (change colors, switch on and off some options, like logos, buttons, etc.)

But then the issue you encountered, was always solved like that, as far as I remember, nothing new there. Since 1.8 or something. So this hasn't changed.

In comparison with these other tools: I also feel that Limesurvey actually has a lot more functions/use cases than many of the tools you are referring to. We see so many different uses here, so yes, complexity brings difficulty with it.

And I also agree that the GUI was never a Limesurvey strength. It is developed by developers for developers. Most of which are no real users.