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====Principle: Transparency / No Surprises==== | ====Principle: Transparency / No Surprises==== | ||
( | Callbacks are triggered when the user stops interacting with the computer/Firefox, and then again when they start interacting again (plus or minus a fuzz factor). It might not be intuitive to users that a web site can discern whether the user has stopped interacting or comes back from a break. | ||
''Recommendations'': | ''The Risk'' is that users will be surprised that an app noticed them walk away from their computer or when they sit back down to use it again. Sites currently cannot do this. | ||
''Recommendations'': provide some sort of indication to the user about their idle state or that their active/idle state is being used by a web site. | |||
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====Principle: Real Choice==== | ====Principle: Real Choice==== | ||
Users who are surprised that web sites can identify their idle/active state may want to disable the feature. | |||
''The Risk'': is that users feel compelled to stop using a site because it knows whether they are idle or not. | |||
'' | ''Requirement'': Provide a way for users to disable this feature so sites callbacks are not called. | ||
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====Principle: Sensible Defaults==== | ====Principle: Sensible Defaults==== | ||
The data obtained by sites is not very individual, though it does hint at user behavior that sites currently don't measure. This feature is active by default because it's not very invasive (and includes a fuzz factor). | |||
''Recommendations'': | ''Recommendations'': none. | ||
====Principle: Limited Data==== | ====Principle: Limited Data==== | ||
The data passed to callbacks is minimal (there's not really any). The data passed to the site about users' behavior is minimal for the feature requested (idle state). | |||
''Recommendations'': | ''Recommendations'': none. | ||
= Follow-up Tasks and tracking = | = Follow-up Tasks and tracking = | ||