- From: James Salsman <jsalsman@talknicer.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 06:49:25 -0700
- To: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- Cc: Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com, public-device-apis@w3.org
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org> wrote: > (updating subject to reflect actual content of this discussion) > > Hi, > > Le mercredi 09 juin 2010 à 06:24 -0700, James Salsman a écrit : >> > Yes, as explained and illustrated in the contacts API document: >> > http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/contacts/#user-interaction-guidelines >> >> What is the difference between a "non-blocking contact search >> notification" and a prompt? > > A prompt is usually modal, Should there be a statement to that effect at the point where prompts are discouraged? I could not find any implication that prompts are usually modal -- the issue of non-modality is treated seperately > asks a question with a few options for the user (à la "yes"/"no") (as > documented in the papers referenced from the issue I pointed to). I read all three of those papers, and although your comment on http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/track/issues/28 suggests that a consensus exists, the references [1] and [3] seem diametrically opposed. The reference [3] -- http://www.w3.org/2008/security-ws/papers/security_assurance_webapi.pdf -- for example, states, ""The user must explicitly authorize any and all accesses to devices.... a two-page sequence is necessary before [device access] can take place: a first page to check the permissions; it will either go on to the next page automatically, or it will display an error message telling the user to correct permissions." That is a modal prompt. > A non-blocking contact search notification doesn't prevent the user from > continuing to use the page, and when/if the user decides to follow up on > the notification, she gets offered with a search dialog that makes it > (hopefully) self-evident that she's about to share contact info, and > select what contact info she's going to share. If the program is waiting on access, "continuing to use the page" could be a relative term. But the "non blocking contact search notification" is still a prompt to the user, even if it is not modal.
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