Re: usage statistics for TSVN

On 15.09.2011 01:29, Immanuel Scholz wrote:
> Am 15.09.2011 00:49, schrieb Simon Large:
>> I think it would be worth putting an opt-out (or opt-in?) in the
>> installer so that people who can't or won't participate will never get
>> prompted at all.
>
> For myself, I would definitely and immediately disable any "opt-out"
> checkbox that sounds like "Send feedback" during an install process
> without even reading any explanation text around it.
>
> And these tools land on my mental list "potential spyware - keep an eye
> on this".
>
>
> If the checkbox is disabled as default (opt-in), I would at least read
> the immediate surrounding explanation text, but probably not enable it
> either if I don't get the idea within around 5 seconds. The words
> "Google Analytics" within the text will certainly decrease the
> probability of enabling any checkbox to near zero.
>
> Just my personal opinion, though.. ;)

 From the few comments on this I gather that people tend not to like this :(

Well, it was just an idea...

Stefan

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