Unfa couldnt have said it any better myself :) I agree 200%. Is it possible to get this filed as a feature request.
It might have to wait until LMMS has some of its own infrastructure as we will need a database to store the statistics. On Friday 17 January 2014 13:48:42 Tobiasz Karoń wrote: > One big thing this would solve is discovering what features are NOT used - > for example we'd know if people know keyboard shortcuts. > > For example if we implement the "FX mixer strips auto-rename" feature, by > logging all operations of mixer-strip manual renaming we could measure how > useful (or not) this feature is - if it's broken or works not as users > expect, they're gonna use manual renaming a lot, but if they stop manual > renaming at all - I'd interpret this that auto-rename is working great. > > Maybe we have some cool features that are not used, not because they are > useless, but because they are not known. > > This feature could also be connected with a "Tip of the day" feature (new > idea, just got it) - displaying tips that users probably don't know, based > on local feature usage statistics. > Let's show them tips about what they never done before in the first place! > > A button "This tip was *useful*" and "This tip was *useless*" for user > feedback could also help us review the tips and decide what to do to > improve them. > > A button or context menu item "Send feedback about this..." that opens a > text input window allowing users to write personal notes about anything in > the program would also be a great way of gathering instant and fresh > comments about what works and what doesn't in the program. > > I think anonymous statistics and feedback could make a big difference in > how developers understand users. > > 2014/1/15 Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]> > > > You are ok. Thing is things get discussed then they vanish and never get > > completed as there was no issue filed in the tracker. > > > > On Wednesday 15 January 2014 16:03:15 you wrote: > > > It's me. Mea culpa ;) > > > > > > On 15 Jan 2014 16:01, "Jonathan Aquilina" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > Can we put this on the issue tracker please and get it tagged as an > > > > enhancement request please. > > > > > > > > Thanks please include the below discussion and the names of hte person > > > > in > > > > > > the > > > > initial post that way we dont have to start the discussion from > > > > scratch > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 15 January 2014 15:59:01 Tobiasz Karoń wrote: > > > > > Absolutely. > > > > > > > > > > On 15 Jan 2014 14:50, "Vesa" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On 01/15/2014 03:32 PM, Israel wrote: > > > > > > That might be useful. I think including a 'Report Problem ' > > > > > > button > > > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > be nice so all the bug reports can go to a common area. I get bug > > > > > > > > reports > > > > > > > > > > for Ubuntu occasionally (though honestly a lot of them have been > > > > for > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > packaging... which I have been chipping away at fixing) > > > > > > But if someone has a real problem with the actual program, having > > > > an > > > > > > easy > > > > > > > > > > way to send a bug report is a good idea! > > > > > > > > > > > > On 01/14/2014 03:37 PM, Tobiasz Karoń wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > This idea comes back to me again: could LMMS gather some > > > > statistics if > > > > > > > > users agree to participate? > > > > > > > > > > > > What info and why? > > > > > > > > > > > > - LMMS version > > > > > > - operating system > > > > > > - screen resolution > > > > > > - audio back-end > > > > > > - instruments/plugins usage > > > > > > - feature usage (clicks on every UI element) > > > > > > - crashes per month > > > > > > - problem reports (user input - would require a "report problem" > > > > > > > > feature) > > > > > > > > > > - ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This could be implemented BUT - a huge BUT: it needs to be > > > > > > entirely > > > > > > transparent, voluntary and opt-in, and respectful of the user's > > > > > > > > privacy. > > > > > > > > > > Here's the bare minimum requirements: > > > > > > > > > > > > - when you first run LMMS a dialog could pop up asking if the user > > > > > > > > wants > > > > > > > > > > to participate, and if the user selects "no" they won't be > > > > > > bothered > > > > > > > > about > > > > > > > > > > it again. > > > > > > - this dialog should also explain clearly what kind of data is > > > > > > sent > > > > > > and > > > > > > where. > > > > > > - the feature should also be able to be later manually turned > > > > off/on > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > > the settings, and that setting must be easy to find. > > > > > > - we should also collect data on a strictly need-to-know basis, > > > > > > ie. > > > > > > > > only > > > > > > > > > > collect things that are a) strictly necessary/useful for the > > > > > > > > development > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > LMMS, and b) anonymous - can't be used to identify/track the user. > > > > > > > > > > > > Post-Snowden, there's no playing around with this kind of stuff... > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ---- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > > > > > > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > > > > > > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In > > > > Between. > > > > > > > > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clkt > > > > > > > > rk _______________________________________________ > > > > > > LMMS-devel mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > > > > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > > > > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > > > > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clkt > > > > > > rk _______________________________________________ > > > > LMMS-devel mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. 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