Re: [spec-reviews] permissions API (#45)

One thing I like in current spec is ternary permission status: granted, rejected, try asking user. Of course, 'prompt' is awful decision; it should be like 'wait for click and then try'.

I certainly dislike situation when application should somehow catch user click to ask something. It just deteriorates user experience. For example, such situation already exists in OAuth-powered webapps: you need to wait for click to open new window to get token even if user has already authorized the application.

So, in my opinion, there should be some programmatical interface to know whether webapp should wait for click to ask permission or it may just ask it without direct user action. This sort of interface will certainly make UIs better. Instead of drawing large button like ‘Click me to display your location on map’ webapp will be able to render map immediately or show warning ‘Cannot display your location because you rejected to grant that permission to me’.

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