Re: Drop lastPosition from Geolocation?

On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Doug Turner wrote:

>>> fwiw I think the point of this was so that you didn't ahve to wait  
>>> until the callback happened.... so if one web application was  
>>> using geolocaiton, another application could get a quick sync  
>>> result when it first starts up.
>>
>> Oh, WebCore isn't currently implemented that way! :) Each page gets  
>> a fresh Geolocation implementation.
>
>
> So this feature is of no use to WebCore.  :-)

Well, you get the lastPosition for your page, no other pages. It can  
be implemented either way, but it would be nice to have clarity,  
should lastPosition remain in the specification.

Thanks!
-- Greg

Received on Monday, 17 November 2008 22:58:50 UTC