----- Original Message ----- > On Aug 26, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Mark Finkle < [email protected] > wrote:
> > > > * 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. > > The big money question is "What are the defaults?" If Sync is like many other > products, a large percentage of the users won't touch the defaults [1,2]. > The default value will be the only value. WRT new datatypes, if we don't > turn them on by default, I anticipate hardly anyone will use them. I think you are looking at this in a very simplistic way. It's true that many users won't change the defaults. But I don't think the answer is "Do Everything." Dropbox does not do that on Android. It does not set the "camera sync" on by default. It does let the user know, and it finds opportune times to remind the user that they can turn it onto get a better syncing experience. I think that is part of what Richard is asking for: A way to let the user know that things have changed. > By saying "Sync Everything", I'm not proposing actual copy, but I'm proposing > the default is to sync all of your "Fx experience" (that we can). I watched > a user in the Portland user tests that used Chrome sync because "all his > stuff" is "just there". That's how I interpret our user story: " As a user, > I want to be able to pick up any new device and replicate my core Firefox > experience so I don't have repeat a bunch of work I've already done on > another device." One user? And I guess it's my job to ask for more clarity on that user story. To me, it sounds very desktop oriented, or vague as to what 'core Firefox experience' means. I strongly believe we need to think about this now or we'll end up with last year's, second rate UI which clearly won't differentiate Firefox from it's competitors.
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