I hope to god Google does not (though I would not be surprised if they _already_ do this internally)
Google already has a LOT of information about it's users. No more please
Re:Clixpy is recording your actions right now
by kirubakaran on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @09:54AM
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Google will get the data if it wants. Do you think that sharing that with us webapp creators makes it worse? Also, I don't necessarily want it to be only from Google... just want a solid tool that you can rely on. Google is the only company that came to mind when I thought who can deliver that.
No doubt. As I mentioned, in all probability, Google already does it. And sharing it with webapp creators does not make it worse. Heh.. I used to create web applications and am a developer for a MORPG.
Re:Clixpy is recording your actions right now
by jodrellblank on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @11:17AM
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Google kind of does this already - when you click on search results, it's not just a hyperlink, it fires an event onMouseDown to tell Google which results you're clicking on.
You get 10 free captures on signup.
After that, plans vary from '$5 for 100 captures' to '$30 for 1000 captures'.
[edit #1]
I added this to one of my websites. Holy Shit, it is good! I've bought 100 captures for now, for $5.
[I shamefully admit that this is one of the ideas I had but didn't execute all. These guys have done an amazing job.]
[edit #2]
Thanks to paraschopra's comment, I checked out userfly too. I am going to try that too. Clixpy didn't detect keystrokes correctly on one of my websites. Lemme see how userfly fares for the same test case.
It is like a neighborhood coffee shop getting more traffic because of a Starbucks opening nearby, contrary to the tiny shop's fears. I wouldn't have become a user of userfly today without clixpy.[edit #3]
( Userfly dude rambles for quite a while in the demo :-) )
Notes on Userfly:
Userfly's performance can be better. Hmm. Definitely. But I like it too.
I wish Google released a product that has this functionality. I don't trust userfly or clixpy completely, since they didn't replay my test drive properly. But I'll definitely be using them until something more robust comes along.