----- Original Message ----- > On Aug 26, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Richard Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The choice is whether you try to sync all of the same groups of buckets to > > every device, given that it's impossible to do so, and how you explain > > that gulf of inconsistency to the user. > > > What I'm hearing from product and UX is that at least for the current > browser-data-centric datatypes, global (i.e., one setting for all your > devices) selections are sufficient or desired. I think this is fine, and > doesn't prevent use from tracking per-device capabilities to enable more > nuanced behavior in the future. Sadly, this will lead to a mismash of UI in the future. Personally, I find it odd that we are rejoicing in the mediocrity of the Sync 1.1 UI. > > * Firefox finds a new service (e.g., by installing an add-on)? Does it turn > > on by default? > The default should probably be "Sync Everything", which probably means we > sync new datatypes as we add them for users who don't change the default. If > a user changes her elections (i.e., opts out of some datatypes), new > datatypes are not synced unless the user turns them on. I was not originally, but I think I am falling into Richard's camp a bit. Defaulting to "Sync Everything" seems absurd if you consider some other company doing it. Perhaps with your banking data, to a computer in an Internet cafe.
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