On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 06:06:53PM -0400, Cris Fuhrman wrote: > On Jun 3, 2017 15:50, "Scott Kostyshak" <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> Thanks for this idea, Cris. Would this be only to see how many people >> are using LyX or for something in addition to that? Every time I think >> about something like that, I challenge myself and ask: "Why do I want to >> know how many people use LyX?" and my answer is always just that I would >> be curious. Since I don't think it would lead to any improvement in LyX, >> my train of thought stops there. > > > GA (as far as I understand it) can track usage within any app. For example, > each time a user selects New, the app can "click" a link via GA that > signifies New. It's up to the developer to determine granularity of usage > stats. In theory you could collect preference data at every > closing/applying of the preference dialogue (it could be arguments to a > tracking URL). I'm not an expert in how best to do it, but it's "usage > data" that many apps already collect. GA is but a means to that end. There > are other options: https://stackoverflow.com/q/1554062/1168342
Ah thanks for clarifying this to me. That is indeed pretty powerful. Scott
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