Extra info for author?

nightcracker · 11-21-09, 03:59 AM

Hey all!
I think it would be awesome to not only know the number of downloads your addon has, but also the number of people actually using it. This can be easily done trough the minion, and even while this reduces the measurement to people only using the minion, still the data is useful.

But thats just my €0,05.

**Shirik** · 11-21-09, 12:55 PM

If you want to add some kind of "tracking cookie" you can create a module yourself and ask people to install it. I WILL NEVER try to track this type of information, especially without consent of the user involved.

The API is available. If you really want this feature, you can create a module yourself and ask your users to install it.

nightcracker · 11-21-09, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Shirik

If you want to add some kind of "tracking cookie" you can create a module yourself and ask people to install it. I WILL NEVER try to track this type of information, especially without consent of the user involved.

The API is available. If you really want this feature, you can create a module yourself and ask your users to install it.

I don't want to track whatever they do with the addon, just if it's installed or not. That isn't something sensitive when it comes to privacy?

MidgetMage55 · 11-21-09, 02:18 PM

The only thing i can think of would noting number of updates (if possible) since this would (in theory) closely resemble people currently still using an addon after initial download.

Aside from knowing which toons had the addon activated i cant imagine any more accurate measure. Digging for that specific information however I would see as an invasion.

Installed (present in the addon folder) doesn't always mean used though. I would imagine a large portion of the populace stop using an addon well before they actually remove it. I know I have to do periodic cleaning of my addon folder and wtf folder for addons i stopped using some time ago but never bothered to actually remove. I could be in the minority on this however.

My personal question on this is, How would the overall data be useful aside from deciding whether or not to continue working on a project due to lack of users?

Not knocking the idea. I'm just genuinely curious.

nightcracker · 11-21-09, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by MidgetMage55

The only thing i can think of would noting number of updates (if possible) since this would (in theory) closely resemble people currently still using an addon after initial download.

Aside from knowing which toons had the addon activated i cant imagine any more accurate measure. Digging for that specific information however I would see as an invasion.

Installed (present in the addon folder) doesn't always mean used though. I would imagine a large portion of the populace stop using an addon well before they actually remove it. I know I have to do periodic cleaning of my addon folder and wtf folder for addons i stopped using some time ago but never bothered to actually remove. I could be in the minority on this however.

My personal question on this is, How would the overall data be useful aside from deciding whether or not to continue working on a project due to lack of users?

Not knocking the idea. I'm just genuinely curious.

I think that for the rankings of addons on WoWInterface the number of downloads is irrelevant, while the number of people using it is. And I just like to know how many people use my addons

wurmfood · 11-21-09, 04:13 PM

I think an alternative, and possibly better way, to track this would just be to track downloads per version. Not sure how much work that would be, but it would accomplish the same thing with fewer privacy implications.

edit: By this I mean tracking it outside of Minion.

**Shirik** · 11-22-09, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by nightcracker

I don't want to track whatever they do with the addon, just if it's installed or not. That isn't something sensitive when it comes to privacy?

To me, it is definitely a privacy issue

Marthisdil · 11-27-09, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by nightcracker

Hey all!
I think it would be awesome to not only know the number of downloads your addon has, but also the number of people actually using it. This can be easily done trough the minion, and even while this reduces the measurement to people only using the minion, still the data is useful.

But thats just my €0,05.

They have enough problems trying to get Minion to update the correct addons without installing the wrong addons, why bother them with tracking stuff?