Jonas has a good idea in extending the Perms API. This reduces extra work and simplifies a lot
On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Mike West <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Jonas Sicking <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Anne van Kesteren <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> > Over in >> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2015May/0006.html >> > Jonas pointed out that having two APIs for doing the same thing is >> > "nuts". We should probably decide whether we go ahead with the >> > Permissions API or keep doing permission checks on a per-API basis. >> >> I personally think having a single API, rather than half a dozen >> navigator.*.hasPermission() APIs is better. If for no other reason >> than that's it's likely going to be significantly easier to keep a >> single API consistent, than the half-dozen different ones. >> >> I'll also note that the reception on twitter from developers for the >> permission API seemed quite positive. >> > > I agree with Jonas. Extending the permission API to give developers a > single place to check with a single consistent style seems like the right > way to go. > > -- > Mike West <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>, @mikewest > > Google Germany GmbH, Dienerstrasse 12, 80331 München, > Germany, Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der > Gesellschaft: Hamburg, Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth > Flores > (Sorry; I'm legally required to add this exciting detail to emails. Bleh.) > > -- *Erik Isaksen * *Host of The Web Platform Podcast* *Co-host of ReadTheSource.io* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *@eisaksen <https://twitter.com/eisaksen> * *The Web Platform Podcast Links* Twitter - https://twitter.com/thewebplatform Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/u/0/106965203807974584370 Stream/Web -http://thewebplatform.libsyn.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thewebplatform iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-web-platform-podcast/id899384794?mt=2 Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-web-platform-podcast YouTube (not all episodes available) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjz3j22CyBpy6Qk5SL6UwcQ RSS - http://thewebplatform.libsyn.com/rss Github - https://github.com/thewebplatform *Read The Source: Open Source Companion Live Screencast* Twitter - http://hangouts.readthesource.io/ Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/105627089988168968277/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqD-Rd1nMmvbvf-AvQvgZw Github - https://github.com/readthesource RSS - http://hangouts.readthesource.io/index.xml
