- From: Lukasz Olejnik via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:05:59 +0000
- To: public-device-apis-log@w3.org
Asking (to see if a sensor exists) for a permission to ask for a permission (to use the sensor) sounds non-optimal :) Seriously, why not just ask for permission once? 1. Platform supports a sensor API? Fine, let's try to use it 2. Ask for permission 3. Granted. Good! Let's see how it works 4. Listen for new data, so: - either leave the app to forever listen for data (because no sensor is there, no data ever shows up; also, what if at some point in the future some device types will have manual switches to turn off a sensor?), or - allow a webdev to see if the sensor is actually functioning, e.g. signal that a sensor is not working (a flag, or a frequency of 0, or so)? I would **not** distinguish between _permission denied_ and _no available sensor_. -- GitHub Notification of comment by lknik Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/sensors/issues/145#issuecomment-260635900 using your GitHub account
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