- From: Doug Turner <doug.turner@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:26:03 -0700
- To: Henning Schulzrinne <hgs@cs.columbia.edu>
- Cc: public-geolocation@w3.org
sorry, Henning is right. I only speak for myself and +1 what greg said, what andrei said, what Ian said, and what Max said. On Apr 12, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Henning Schulzrinne wrote: > I think it would be more honest to state that *you* believe this, > not some regal *we*; not everybody agrees. You make certain > assumptions that not everybody shares. Everybody is entitled to > their opinion, but it would help the discussion if you extended the > same courtesy to others. > > On Apr 12, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Doug Turner wrote: > >> >> On Apr 12, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Greg Bolsinga wrote: >> >>> On Apr 12, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Nick Doty wrote: >>> >>>> Hmm, wouldn't it be pretty tacky for users to have to click >>>> through a generic Javascript alert in order to make sure they had >>>> contextual information for the separate dialogue for revealing >>>> location information? >>> >>> That's subjective. But the developer can create an entire web page >>> that explains things before it uses GeoLocation. >>> >>>> I think we have an opportunity to make it easy for web site >>>> designers to do the right thing and disclose this information in >>>> a standardized way. If we rely on each web site designer going >>>> out of their way to accomplish this (with a Javascript alert or >>>> varying levels of conspicuous disclosure), I fear that we'll end >>>> up in a situation where most users are making the decision >>>> whether or not to disclose their location without knowing the >>>> relevant information, beyond the URI. In other words, I'd like >>>> to solve the problem for everyone, not just for me. >>> >>> IMHO, all this API is about is getting the location. It's not >>> about UI for this feature. That's properly left up to the UA and >>> the code on the sites using the API. >> >> >> Nick, >> I think you have raised an interesting idea about disclosing intent >> of usage through this device API. However, over this thread we >> have shown that it does more harm that it helps, especially when >> you consider untrustworthy sites. >> >> Thanks for raising the idea, however I do not think any UA should >> implement an API in such a way. >> >> Doug Turner >> >> >
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