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Making Facebook apps, we ran into a tiny fraction of users who disabled some of the permissions that we asked for. It was simpler to just keep popping up the pe
by lacker 16y ago
Making Facebook apps, we ran into a tiny fraction of users who disabled some of the permissions that we asked for. It was simpler to just keep popping up the permission window until they accepted or left the app rather than code special cases for the tiny minority that cared about nonstandard permissions settings. This became pretty standard in Facebook apps, although it's a bad experience, because hardly any users actually care.
So, be careful what you wish for.
- jacobolus 16y ago> hardly any users actually care I’d be careful before making assumptions like this. Many users may care but still value using an app enough to put up with giving up permissions they’d prefer not to. Other users might not have any idea what the permissions settings do or say. Still other users (for example, me) just avoid facebook apps altogether because they universally ask for distasteful levels of access.
- tptacek 16y agoSchemes that avoid users like you may be good business, similar to the way that fine-grained low pricing invites pathological users.