Re[2]: [GD-General] Collecting info from players

[Kerim B. <wa...@ho...>]

Hello Rob,

Friday, July 11, 2003, 3:23:52 PM, you wrote:

RC> Hi,

RC> Most of this has been said but I dont think it can ever be stressed enough -
RC> well ok ;)

RC> I remember many Amiga games in the early to mid 90s with registration forms
RC> asking numerous things like the last five games purchased, number of people in
RC> your house and the annual income - key point being that you could choose not
RC> to fill the information in and you were aware of all the info.

RC> I think you _must_ give the user the option to enable and disable the sending
RC> of statistics. Ideally I would like some sort of window to pop up at the end
RC> of install (defaulting to no stats sent) which aloud you to enable the sending
RC> of stats;

I think it should be defaulting to "yes". Because if a user doesn't care
he won't do any extraneous moves to continue installation. And if he
_really_ wants to keep his computer configuration unrevealed it won't
be a problem for him to make an extra mouse click to change it to "no".

Best regards,
 Kerim                            mailto:wa...@ho...
 

RC> specifically I would like to be able to taylor the stats sent (I'm
RC> ok with sending my platform type but not unique HW ids).

RC> Clearly state what is being sent and /how/ it will be used and the /extents/
RC> of its use. Certainly dont attempt to sneak anything out before the user is
RC> given a chance - I run a FW and everone I know runs a FW and any app/game that
RC> attempts communication is immediatly blocked followed by a google search for
RC> info on it - if anything dodgey is found I uninstall it then and there, no
RC> matter how fine and dandy it is!

RC> You dont go walking into someones house and rummaging through there filing
RC> cabs or desk draws to obtain personal info. Just because people now have a
RC> 'virtual desk' and the abilities exist to access this doesnt give you anymore
RC> right to access there personal information.

RC> [and breath]

RC> Rob



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