On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Eric Larson wrote: > Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:54:40 -0400 > From: Eric Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Modifying GNOME-About to count users > > > I've been advocating a simple enter-your-email-we-won't-spam-you form > > I can't imagine any casual system will provide very reliable data so why > worry about an email address. If it is the first time a person starts > gnome, maybe ask them to let us know they are running gnome.
Gnome has made great efforts to setup good defaults precisely to avoid annoying users with an endless stream of questions the first time they run things, and these questions are only asked when it becomes absolutely necessary. Previously I suggested bug buddy because it was a place where users were already sending back information to Gnome.org and something which distributions would not interfere with. Alternatively you could ask users to provide feedback in places when they are already filling in a load of forms about their identity (galago?) and ask them if they would like to register as a Gnome supporter/user. Sincerely - Alan H. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
