Workarounds: Question design, layout and theme-ing - LimeSurvey 3.0+
From LimeSurvey Manual
Doing a Likert Scale
Hiding inputs of a "Multiple options with comments" question
Reverse slider
The reverse slider feature can be used in any (multiple) numerical input question type. For more details, please check the slider wiki subsection.
Slider with control buttons
A custom question theme for Slider Control Buttons for LimeSurvey 3.x can be found here - https://github.com/tpartner/LimeSurvey-Slider-Controls-3x