Product Improvement Program
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Our new Product Improvement Program has been instituted in order to improve Altium Designer by collecting data while our software is being used. The collected data will be analyzed in order to make Altium Designer even more closely match your needs.
Why Should I Participate?
Similar programs are now standard in the software development industry by companies such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc. It is likely that you already share your usage experience with any number of companies. Your participation in this program will give Altium the ability to fine tune our products for your specific environment, identify issues you face during your everyday work, and to improve our product to fit your needs.
What Type of Data Is Collected?
Some examples of statistical information we collect includes, but is not limited to:
- Number of outjob files in projects
- Number of pins in a typical board
- Types of installed libraries
- Most frequently used commands
- Duration of full project compilation
- Load times for files
A few examples of hardware information we collect includes, but is not limited to:
- Number of CPUs and monitors
- Screen resolution
- OS platform and version
How Is Information Collected?
Information about your computer hardware and how you use our software will be sent periodically to Altium servers for analysis.
How Will the Information Be Used?
- Identify the most popular features so we can focus on improving them for our customers.
- Optimize UI for more commonly used hardware.
- Locate performance obstacles in our products.
- Ensure productivity features are being used.
- Retire unused features.
Where Do I Sign Up?
Upon installation of Altium Designer, the Altium Product Improvement Program dialog appears. Click Yes, I want to participate in the program. If you are not sure at the moment, you can click Not now, ask me later. The dialog will reappear periodically. If you are sure you do not want to participate in the program, click No, I don't want to participate in the program.
You can also start or stop participation any time after Altium Designer has installed in DXP » Preferences » System » Product Improvement. Click to check/uncheck the Participate box.
The new Network Activity feature also allows you to choose to participate in the program any time after installation. Go to DXP » Preferences » Network Activity then check/uncheck Product Improvement. In this dialog, Altium Designer will need to be restarted after the setting has been changed.
