On September 4, 2014 at 4:14:57 PM, Florian Bösch (pya...@gmail.com) wrote:
> This is an issue to use, for a user.
>  
> - http://codeflow.org/issues/permissions.html
> - http://codeflow.org/issues/permissions.jpg

This sets up an unrealistic straw-man. Are there any real sites that would need 
to show all of the above all at the same time? 

> - In firefox it's a succession of popup
>  
> It's also an issue to use for a developer, because the semantics and
> methods for requesting, getting, being denied and managing permissions
> differ. Sometimes permissions aren't query able.

It is more worthwhile addressing the above, so to avoid the sequence of 
pop-ups. 

> It's my stated opinion that ignoring these issue will not make them go
> away. And delaying addressing UX and consistency issues just contributes to
> a proliferation of bad UX and inconsistent and difficult to use APIs.

Absolutely, we should be addressing them at the API level. For instance, adding 
a way to determine if the permission has been granted in Geo without actually 
needing to use the API. 



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