On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM, John Smith<delta_foxt...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- On Thu, 2/7/09, Bernhard zwischenbrugger <b...@datenkueche.com> wrote:
>> First I read the location from http://api.hostip.info.
>> Then, if the user has a browser with "geolocation" (wifi
>> based position
>> finder) the user will be asked if he wants to give his
>> Firefox 3.5
>> geolocation to the browser.
>
> RIM has had javascript based geolocation in their blackberry browser for a 
> few years now, and suddenly cause mozilla foundation and apple does it people 
> actually start to care?

People care because it has been standardized and is being implemented
by major players: http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html

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