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Re: usage statistics for TSVN

From: Kevin Grover <kevin_at_kevingrover.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:58:32 -0700

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:16, 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
> :(
>
> Well, it was just an idea...
>
> Stefan
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I'd turn it on .. if I could. Most of my TSVN use is on a systems not
connected to the Internet. I'd enable it on my home system, but I've
(mostly) moved away from SVN on that machine.

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