On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 02:04:17PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 13:14:38 -0400, > Paul Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > It should be easy enough to start collecting some common desires for > > users when they open up a browser the first time on a new platform. > > The Design and Web teams could help us with this, but honestly I think > > they have a *lot* on their plates right now: > > As people probably realize by now, I'm kind of an odd case. So my preference > should should probably be taken with a shaker full of salt. > > My preference is that there is no page displayed by default. This ends up with > the broswer phoning home before I get a chance to (easily) disable the page. > This just seems like a way to do advertising or collect usage information, > and isn't something I like to be saddled with unless some asks first. I definitely see your point. Certainly the browser is the most common way that anyone gets information nowadays, and that can be used in all sorts of constructive (and maybe not so constructive) ways. I think a lot of us on this list are odd cases, and that it's ultimately important for all of us in that category to realize that basing the decision on our personal preferences can be a non-optimal yardstick. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
