On 24 June 2013 13:13, Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauri...@canonical.com> wrote: > On 13-06-24 08:07 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: >> J Fernyhough wrote on 22/06/13 16:06: >> >>> On 22 June 2013 15:12, Matthew Paul Thomas <m...@canonical.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Ubuntu, an app will request a privilege during runtime. For >>>> example, a game might have a "find my friends who already play >>>> this game" function, that accesses your contacts. The game would >>>> work just fine if you don't use this function. But if you do use >>>> it, Ubuntu would then -- and only then -- ask you if you want to >>>> grant the app access to your contacts. >>> ... >> >>> This is excellent! One quick feature request: a "remember this >>> choice" checkbox. ;) >> >> I don't understand. Why would Ubuntu forget the choice otherwise? >> > > Because granting a permission may depend on the context? > > For example, I may want to allow a photo application to use my GPS to tag a > picture when I'm in some public place, but not when I take a picture when I'm > at > home. > > Granting a permission shouldn't mean I grant it forever, unless I decide it > should be forever...having both "Just this once" and "Always" buttons > satisfies > my use case. > > Marc. > >
Exactly this. Though having buttons would result in four choices: Yes, No, Always, Never. Having buttons and a checkbox would be three: Yes, No, Remember. I think the SuperUser apps on Android might be a good example of how a single request might look? It could get a little more complicated if the app requests several permissions at once, though. SU old style: https://lh5.ggpht.com/lajZW6rCFPn8N9PLpNOQmCtGmmC4vfhUPXq9DVTSQ5eCDNjQVW0zOBgm1T-pCcEAQoXh SU new style: https://lh5.ggpht.com/8O1yWEIusmeXT76UGaMJCRArG4CyQoTemPonZElB4DKOClM-KKe_mwnPMhn_pR5HEUQ J -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
