----- Original Message ----- > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Mark Finkle < [email protected] > wrote:
> > The point is: will an every growing list of checkboxes, tucked away in some > > 3rd tier UI be the best we can do? Shouldn't we be more 1st tier? Can't we > > use a better metaphor than a checkbox? > > > I think these services are certainly more important than a simple checkbox > > could convey. > > I'm certainly in favor of promoting the sync service in a smart way once we > have a stable mvp delivered. Thoughts that have already been thrown around > are things like putting a promo in the bookmarks menu and a popdown after a > person adds a new bookmark that says something to the effect of "Set up Sync > to back up your 4,091 bookmarks" or similarly for passwords a popdown "Set > up Sync to share saved passwords with Firefox on your Android phone." > Is that the sort of thing you're after? Clear entry points with a > well-defined value prop, then roll them into the fuller experience. Exactly the kind of thinking I'm looking for. I have started to think about these data types (passwords, history, bookmarks, etc) as individual services. Any given human will be putting different value on a particular data type. If we raise them from simple data types and think about them as first-class services, I think it allows us to better serve those users. For example, we'll start finding ways to promote the "Password service" and not think about how to display the "Password checkbox".
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