Comment 7 for bug 1421623

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Ondrej Kubik (ondrak) wrote : Re: [Bug 1421623] Re: Welcome wizard claims GPS is less accurate than wifi based location

Latest wizard went even more bizarre.
Now there is third option "not at all"
Which I think is even broken English, considering the question for those
options.
This should be properly redesigned.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Michael Terry <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Maybe simply replacing "(less accurate)" with "(slower)" would still
> convey that we don't recommend that option while being more correct
> about why we don't.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421623
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> Title:
> Welcome wizard claims GPS is less accurate than wifi based location
>
> Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products:
> New
> Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
> Triaged
> Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> First boot welcome wizard in location sections claims GPS is less
> accurate than network based location service from HERE.
> While this can be theoretically true in some insane corner case, in
> normal life GPS is far more accurate.
>
> To help form correct text here are main differences.
>
> GPS - more accurate, but slow to acquire fix, does not work indoors,
> drains battery more, no need for internet connection, does not send
> any data out.
>
> Network based location - almost instant to get coarse location, works
> indoors, accuracy depends on network coverage in the area, more power
> efficient, requires internet connection. To get location data about
> visible GSM network and wifi networks needs to be send to 3rd party
> server.
>
> tested on krillin vivid-proposed r107
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