On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 09:05 +0100, Mark de Wever wrote: > On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 12:04:41PM -0800, David White wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > So, I propose we change this feature to be used on an opt-out basis. > > That is, it will be turned on by default, and only be disabled if the > > user goes and un-checks the box. > > Personally I like to opt in when data from my system is being send. > Maybe show a popup when there's no preference file where the ok does > send the data.
Yes, we can do this; show a pop up the first time the user starts the game with this new opt-out setting. > > > The only concern with this would be that of privacy concerns, but I > > don't think that such concerns are well-founded. Specifically, I don't > > see how collecting user's game statistics and making them available in > > aggregate form could possibly invade a user's privacy, and I can't > > conceive of any reason why any user would be unwilling to participate. > > Just in case some users would be unhappy about this, we would include > > the opt-out feature to disable sending stats, of course. > > I see privacy as a pretty big concern, I think sending data without the > users agreement is a bad thing. When a user doesn't read questions and > just clicks yes it is his/her own fault. > > Regards, > Mark de Wever aka Mordante/SkeletonCrew _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
