Re: [whatwg] Geolocation - Browser usability issues with regards to asking user permission

2011-07-15 Thread Ian Hickson
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Andrew de Andrade wrote: Depending on the browser and device, permission will be asked either in a bar across the top of the browser (Firefox and Chrome on the desktop) or with a modal dialog (Safari on the desktop and on the iPhone). [...] As the creator of a site

Re: [whatwg] Geolocation - Browser usability issues with regards to asking user permission

2011-04-08 Thread Rich Tibbett
Biju wrote: What I want from browser vendors is make navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition and navigator.geolocation.watchPosition ONLY callable from a CLICK event. I thought we all learned lesson from window.open popups window.open is still entirely underspecified in standards when it

[whatwg] Geolocation - Browser usability issues with regards to asking user permission

2011-04-06 Thread Andrew de Andrade
I'm building a web-app that makes use of the Geolocation API. While building my application, I've come across an issue with how browser makers have implemented the Geolocation API. Depending on the browser and device, permission will be asked either in a bar across the top of the browser (Firefox

Re: [whatwg] Geolocation - Browser usability issues with regards to asking user permission

2011-04-06 Thread Peter Kasting
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Andrew de Andrade and...@deandrade.com.brwrote: 2) The HTML5 specification defines how browsers should implement this consistently -- either a bar across the top OR modal dialog box, but not both. This isn't ideal either since there are arguments both for and

Re: [whatwg] Geolocation - Browser usability issues with regards to asking user permission

2011-04-06 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Peter Kasting pkast...@google.com wrote: Furthermore, modal dialogs have other usability issues that the browser vendor may wish to avoid, e.g. requiring script on many different tabs to stop. Are you thinking of how the prompt, etc. require that the UA pause

Re: [whatwg] Geolocation - Browser usability issues with regards to asking user permission

2011-04-06 Thread Biju
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Andrew de Andrade and...@deandrade.com.br wrote: 2) The HTML5 specification defines how browsers should implement this consistently -- either a bar across the top OR modal dialog box, but not both. This isn't ideal either since there are arguments both for Right