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I can't remember where I saw this before. However, there was a site that collected analytics data client side in a circular buffer (or something), and there was
by withinboredom 2y ago
I can't remember where I saw this before. However, there was a site that collected analytics data client side in a circular buffer (or something), and there was a menu in the settings to send it back one-time or always, or download it yourself. If you experienced an error, they would pop up in a toast to share the analytics data with them so they could help fix the problem. You could, of course, decline.
That was probably the best system I'd seen, but I can't remember what site it was.
- thomascountz 2y agoMaybe the Datadog Flare works like this?
- aquaticsunset 2y agoThe first time I used a flare with their support agents, it truly felt like magic. It's such a clever way to perform data collection for a specific, imperative need without doing a dragnet of constant use telemetry (as far as I'm aware)
- mhlakhani 2y agoI built the same for my browser extension (effectively dead product) -- would love to see if this pattern has a name so I can share it more widely!
- catgirlinspace 2y agomaybe it was offen? i remember seeing it a while ago but i don’t know of any sites using it. https://www.offen.dev/ https://www.offen.dev/
- withinboredom 2y agoThis is it! I didn't realize it was actually a thing you could just install.
- m463 2y agoOn macos (maybe tiger or leopard era), apple used to pop up a crash dialog, with a "send to apple?" prompt. And you could say no. they did away with that.
- jamesmotherway 2y agoIs your system configured to share analytics and diagnostics? I disable both, and when a crash occurs, I receive a dialog with an "ignore" option.
- jki275 2y agoStill does exactly that in Sequoia.
- concinds 2y agoStill does it. I see it regularly. Default settings.