Link to Google Analytics and this user will delete all traces of LyX from their systems never to re-install.
On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse <nos...@lisse.na> wrote: > I think this would be madness. > > el > > On 03/06/2017 23:06, Cris Fuhrman wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 3, 2017 15:50, "Scott Kostyshak" <skost...@lyx.org > > <mailto:skost...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > > > Thanks for this idea, Cris. Would this be only to see how many people > > are using LyX or for something in addition to that? Every time I > think > > about something like that, I challenge myself and ask: "Why do I > want to > > know how many people use LyX?" and my answer is always just that I > would > > be curious. Since I don't think it would lead to any improvement in > LyX, > > my train of thought stops there. > > > > > > GA (as far as I understand it) can track usage within any app. For > > example, each time a user selects New, the app can "click" a link via GA > > that signifies New. It's up to the developer to determine granularity of > > usage stats. In theory you could collect preference data at every > > closing/applying of the preference dialogue (it could be arguments to a > > tracking URL). I'm not an expert in how best to do it, but it's "usage > > data" that many apps already collect. GA is but a means to that end. > > There are other options: https://stackoverflow.com/q/1554062/1168342 > > > > > -- Regards, Trevor. <>< Re: deemed!
