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But your main point is that Flare developed Feedback enabled help systems
are "spying" on users. And that this is a *bad thing*. Others have presented
use cases where "spying" is entirely reasonable and helpful to the
organization as a whole and the docs mandate specifically.
Again, if Feedback does not suit your specific needs, then please don't use
it - it's all going to end in tears for you. But for the people who do need
the features and it meets their needs, it's a great tool.
There's no "know better" here. If I sold you a hammer and you use it to put
your contact lenses in with the predictable results, I'm in no way
responsible for your behavior. The hammer was the wrong tool for that use
case.
sharon
Sharon Burton
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What I said was, "Flare's feature for tracking help system usage
sending the log back to the software vendor does not get an opt-in
from the user, or even inform the user that it is doing that. Sure,
you can work around that by not using the feedback feature, but a
company making development tools for the corporate market should know
better."
I didn't intend to suggest that the feedback feature is on by default.
It's an extra-cost add-on. That's irrelevant to my main point, which
is that MadCap should know better.
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Connie Giordano
<connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com> wrote:
> Robert, It's more because you refuse to listen to what Sharon is saying.
> Flare does NOT automatically enable the Feedback feature, you must
implement
> it. If it was automatic you would have a legitimate concern. ...
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