>The timestamp at which the current flow through the funnel began
>(will need to be stored in a cookie and reset at loads of step 1)
I would strongly advise against using cookies for this purpose. Cookies
will easily get bloated if we set a precedence of using them to
'support' event logging metrics. Bloated cookies are a concern from both
the performance and architectural stand point.



On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Aaron Halfaker <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> Here's how I'd do it.
>
> *Assumption:* Only logged-in users can start the UW funnel
>
> *Schemas:*
>
> UploadWizardStep
>
> Stored when the user loads a new step of the Upload Wizard
>
>
>    - user_id : int -- The user's identifier
>    - flow_initialized : str -- The timestamp at which the current flow
>    through the funnel began (will need to be stored in a cookie and reset at
>    loads of step 1)
>    - step : int -- 1 - 4 of the UW process
>
> UploadWizardRightsSelection
>
> Stored when the user selects a "rights" option.
>
>
>    - user_id : int -- The user's identifier
>    - flow_initialized : str -- The timestamp at which the current flow
>    through the funnel began (will need to be stored in a cookie and reset at
>    loads of step 1)
>    - rights_selected : enum("own", "other) -- The rights that a user
>    selected (note that multiple selections actions can take place for a single
>    flow)
>
> I'd make a pass over the DB, to identify the last RightsSelection for each
> flow_initialization (if any) to figure out what an uploading user settled
> on during a particular flow.  I'd also look at how many selections a user
> makes per flow to see evidence of confusion & indecisiveness or maybe just
> exploration of the UI.
>
> Make sense?
>
> -Aaron
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Gergo Tisza <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Lars Aronsson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes. But is this a given fact, or something that might change?
>>>
>>
>> We do intend to change it. You can see out plans (in a somewhat
>> undigested form) at
>> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/design-multimedia-uploader
>> But usage metrics from the current interface can still be helpful for
>> designing a different one.
>>
>> So how much energy and resources are we
>>> spending on making it slightly better, rather than designing
>>> something very different?
>>>
>>
>> That's the million dollar question... given that small improvements will
>> have instant effect (but is wasted time in the long run), while a big
>> redesign will take several months (I am being optimistic here...), we will
>> have to do some mix of the two, but exactly what mix that will be is an
>> open question.
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