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Re: usage statistics for TSVN

From: Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:12:35 +0100

On 15 September 2011 18:16, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 :(

I didn't quite get that impression, just that people are cautious. I
think it would be OK if it is a definite and conscious opt-in, even if
it results in a smaller number of participants. There again, if it
doesn't cover most of the user base then maybe such stats are not so
useful.

Simon

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