Current Sync starts syncing automatically when the wizard concludes, but the 
wizard has an embedded detour through Sync Options, which is where you can 
specify whether you want to replace local or remote data, and what you want to 
sync. 

We shouldn't start sending (and downloading and irrevocably merging!) the 
user's data before they've had a chance to change the defaults for those two 
decisions, regardless of how they enter the setup process.

(Phone; please excuse brevity.)


-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Sharp [[email protected]]
Received: Wednesday, 08 Jan 2014, 3:25PM
To: John Gruen [[email protected]]
CC: Johnathan Nightingale [[email protected]]; [email protected] 
[[email protected]]
Subject: Re: Walkthru of FxA/Sync Account Creation

Given that the only way people are going to see the accounts sign up
flow in the near term is via "Set up Sync" entry points, an opt-in
after the fact seems redundant (and too easy to miss).

I think that clicking "set up sync" and going through the Firefox
account signup process is enough opt-in to start syncing automatically
(and as far as I know that's what current sync does).

In the long term we may want to decouple "sign in" with "set up sync",
but it seems like we shouldn't let that constrain us in the near term.

Gavin

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:10 PM, John Gruen <[email protected]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Johnathan Nightingale" <[email protected]>
>> To: "John Gruen" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: "Gavin Sharp" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:01:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: Walkthru of FxA/Sync Account Creation
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2014, at 3:59 PM, John Gruen wrote:
>> >> Why do they need to click the button to start syncing? This seems like a
>> >> strange hurdle that current-sync doesn't have. Is it related to
>> >> maintaining
>> >> a distinction between "Firefox account" and "sync"?
>> >
>> > The concept of the door hanger comes from user testing where ppl wanted
>> > data-type election prior to syncing. We give users the ability to
>> > customize off the doorhanger (by routing them to sync preferences) or to
>> > just start.
>>
>> If we sync immediately (one fewer click) but doorhanger the "Customize your
>> Data Options" invitation do we substantially accomplish the same goal
>> (while, presumably, increasing conversion)?
>>
>
> The high level question is do we want to suck up all data without giving 
> users choice over types? Do we want to hoover up passwords by default, for 
> example? If so, we can do it automatically, if not, we can do the door 
> hanger, or simply choose not to sync some data types by default.
>
>
>> J
>>
>> ---
>> Johnathan Nightingale
>> VP Firefox
>> @johnath
>>
>>
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