Hi Ryan, others, On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Ryan Feeley <rfee...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > We’ll soon be adding an email opt-in somewhere in the registration flow of > Firefox Accounts. > What does "email opt-in" mean? Does it mean that we allow accounts with no email address that later opt-in to an email loop? Or does it mean a marketing-speak opt-in where users accept our engagement emails? Ideally we can provide the users with the option of providing a different > email address than the one they log in with. To do this, I'm recommending > that the opt-in happens later in the flow (to keep our registration flow > flowing). > > Because a mature account system makes use of email addresses for different > reasons, I'm (re)proposing an approach that gives users more control of > their email. > > - they can change their email > - they can see what their email is used for > - they can add additional email addresses to handle certain things > - we can introduce new email services (e.g. marketing) giving user control > > With the A/C blasting above my desk, I awkwardly whispered my way through > the proposed approach: > > http://youtu.be/RB7OiBaq37s > > While I have not yet designed, I believe that this approach also scales > well for introducing other communication media like phone numbers. > > Thoughts? > I'm not confident the mooted feature set is necessary: my instinct is multiple email addresses, yes; fine-grained permissions, no. I would like to surface that Firefox for Android has an expectation that accounts are keyed by a single email address that does not change over time. It will be challenging to change this [1]. Just something to be aware of. Nick [1] But possible, I believe: I thought that Android Account names must be email addresses but cannot find a reference.
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