On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Susanne Oberhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to find out how many active openSUSE based desktops are in > active use. > > > Here's a proposal that evolved from a discussion during lunch break > today: > > The default home page of all browsers on opensuse points to a very > simple url, like opensuse.org/home > > That page is so usefull that almost all users will appreciate it. > > For example, it just consists of a very plain and simple > search bar (like this well-known one: http://www.google.de/firefox/). > > Or, maybe even better, it simply offers a number of search engines, and > it will, based on a cookie, from here on replace itself with that search > engine --- or even a blank page (about:blank). > > > The trick obviously is the durable cookie. The day the cookie is set is > the first log in of this desktop user. Every time the user comes back, > the cookie helps to bean count the life span of this desktop. > > > If the cookie is rejected, I suggest to give an explanatory page, trying > to convince that this is a good cookie, respecting privacy and all. > > In that vein I also suggest to *not* store the preferred search engine > on the server, but to put that into the cookie, alongside the first > access time, plus a random hash. > > > Rationale behind this: There is tons of guesswork how many desktops we > have conquered. This proposal replaces that by facts. > > Feedback appreciated, > I really like your idea, but it has to be done by someone just that. Part of it involves 1. making a new page with css and js 2. getting in touch with Wolfgang to include it in firefox as a replacement for homepage, and also other browsers like rekonq or konquerer
Part one was discussed earlier but never came into action (without the tracking beacon idea) afaik Just that. > > S. > > -- > Susanne Oberhauser SUSE LINUX Products GmbH > +49-911-74053-574 Maxfeldstraße 5 > Processes and Infrastructure 90409 Nürnberg > GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
