I like the opt-in and review options :-) Thanks!
-Jonathan On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Jono DiCarlo <[email protected]> wrote: > > We're still discussing, but it will almost certainly be opt-in; either > way, we will make it very easy to opt-out at any time. Also, we will > probably make it so that Ubiquity never uploads information without > giving you a chance to review exactly what is being uploaded, and to > cancel the upload if there's anything sensitive in it. > > It's very exciting to hear that Ubiquity is being adopted at Amazon! > That's so cool! > > Thanks for sharing your concerns, > --Jono, Mozilla Labs > > On May 22, 9:52 am, Jonathan Micklos <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Jono, > > > > This program is going to be 100% opt-in only, correct? I am the main > driver > > of Ubiquity adoption at Amazon right now and it is going well! This is a > > phenomenal tool! > > > > Legal and security teams may forbid certain pieces of technology which > are > > perceived to be reporting company confidential information. If people > start > > creating Verbs which have confidential information in their names or any > of > > the other content that gets sent back, I am fairly certain that legal > would > > have something to say. As an example, let's say we have a new project at > a > > company and John Doe creates various commands with the project's name in > it. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Jonathan > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jono DiCarlo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Sudhir, > > > Absolutely, users would have a right to be concerned if we were going > > > to send the contents of the command argument! > > > For command usage statistics, all we need to collect is the names of > > > the commands, no argument values. > > > For detecting common errors, it's a little trickier, since we need to > > > look at things in detail. But, I believe we can find a way to > > > instrument the client such that the error analysis on the keystrokes > > > is done client-side, and anonymized before it is uploaded. For > > > instance, part of the anonymization process could be replacing any > > > email address with the string "<email address>", and any arbitrary > > > text entry with the string "<some text>". That's all that would get > > > sent to the server, and it would allow us to get useful data about how > > > people are using commands and where they're running into problems, > > > without invading their privacy. > > > > > I should add that Mozilla Labs is now in the planning process of a > > > project called Test Pilot (http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/test- > > > pilot/ <http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/test-%0Apilot/> ) which is a > > > program for collecting a representative sample of > > > Firefox usage data in order to have a scientific basis for improving > > > the user interface. In the course of planning Test Pilot, we are > > > figuring out the general guidelines that Mozilla will follow to > > > protect users' private information while doing this; those same > > > guidelines will of course be used for Ubiquity data collection. > > > > > --Jono > > > > > On May 22, 2:11 am, Sudhir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A new release of Ubiquity is more than welcome! Just a point about > the > > > > data collection point. Users might have issues with privacy and they > > > > might decline to provide the statistics. It might be better if only > > > > the command data were collected. I mean if I were updating my Twitter > > > > status from Ubiquity only the twitter command would be collected and > > > > not the status message. This might get more people to allow data > > > > collection. > > > > > > On May 22, 6:14 am, Jono <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello everybody! > > > > > There's been a lot of great work done on Ubiquity in the past two > > > > > months, but in order to benefit our users we need to roll it up > into a > > > > > release! > > > > > I hereby propose that we aim to release Ubiquity 0.1.9 three weeks > > > > > from now, early June. > > > > > These are the high-level views of the main features that I think > 0.1.9 > > > > > should try to deliver: > > > > > > > 1. Internationalization. Mitcho and co have been doing great work > > > > > rewriting the parser for localizability. Let's try to release > 0.1.9 > > > > > with at least three usable languages and the user interface to > switch > > > > > language. It's OK if the languages are still experimental and > missing > > > > > some commands and/or nountypes; we should focus on providing some > > > > > value to non-English speakers and beginning to attract volunteer > > > > > localizers. > > > > > > > 2. Data collection. I want to add a checkbox that users can check > to > > > > > give permission for their copy of Ubiquity to send an anonymized > > > > > version of their usage data to Mozilla so that we can use it to > > > > > improve the user interface. Specific data that I would like to > > > > > collect include the usage rates of various commands (so that we can > > > > > decide where to focus our effort on improving commands) and also > data > > > > > about common errors that users make, such as input that results in > no > > > > > suggestions, so that we can figure out how to improve the user > > > > > interface and how to make better suggestions. > > > > > > > 3. The new improved introductory documentation and interactive > > > > > tutorial, to make it easier for new users to learn Ubiquity. This > is > > > > > mostly done already, but it needs some more polish. > > > > > > > 4. Overlord verbs (see my blog posthttp:// > > > jonoscript.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/overlord-verbs-a-proposal/ > > > > > for a description of what this feature means.) This will include > > > > > some renaming of existing commands for consistency with the new > > > > > standard. > > > > > > > Additionally, of course, we will include fixes for the most > important > > > > > outstanding bugs and usability problems. > > > > > > > The tracking bug for the 0.1.9 release is here: > > >http://ubiquity.mozilla.com/trac/ticket/680 > > > > > That contains links to some of the other key bugs. > > > > > > > There is also a 0.1.9 milestone in trac, where you can see all of > the > > > > > bugs marked as part of the 0.1.9 release. I am still working on > > > > > triaging older bugs, so I may still move some other bugs into this > > > > > milestone. You can see it here: > > >http://ubiquity.mozilla.com/trac/query?groupdesc=1&group=priority&mil. > .. > > > > > > > Please let me know: > > > > > > > 1. What other bugs should be in this release? > > > > > 2. What do you think of the proposed feature additions? > > > > > 3. What do you think of the proposed schedule? > > > > > 4. Any other questions? > > > > > > > Thank you very much for your feedback! > > > > > --Jono > > > > -- > > Jonathan Daniel Micklos | Software Development Engineer | Amazon.com > > [email protected] > > > > Work hard. Have fun. Make history.http://Amazon.com/Careers > > > -- Jonathan Daniel Micklos | Software Development Engineer | Amazon.com [email protected] Work hard. Have fun. 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