- From: Erik Wilde <dret@berkeley.edu>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:14:25 -0700
- To: public-geolocation <public-geolocation@w3.org>
- CC: Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>, "Richard L. Barnes" <rbarnes@bbn.com>
hello.
Marcos Caceres wrote:
>> It seems like it could be helpful to users if this group could discuss
>> some of these areas where there are differences, and maybe produce a BCP
>> for how they should be resolved (probably in the form of some privacy UI
>> recommendations in the API spec).
> I agree. Even agreeing on common a geolocation indicator (icon) would be
> a great step forward - and the placement of that indicator in the
> address bar or some other suitable location. Also, and agreement on
> language seems pretty critical too ("tracking" vs "wants to know", etc.).
> So, off the top of my head, my wish list would be for consistency in:
> 1. Indicator (icon) - as we have consistency with the padlock
http://dret.typepad.com/dretblog/2007/07/interface-for-g.html is
embarrassingly ugly and three years old by now, but i think it is an
excellent approach to have a persistent indication about how geolocation
information is revealed to the current web page. this could even make a
great entry point for how users can control what exactly is revealed
(precision, or maybe even changing the location manually or to
"preferred locations").
cheers,
dret.
Received on Tuesday, 6 July 2010 09:15:30 UTC