On May 29, 2014, at 4:53 PM, timeless <timeless@gmail.com> wrote: > James wrote: > > Giri dropped off the call before this topic came up this morning, > > but the GeoLocation API is missing a way for web apps to explain > > to the user *why* they need access to the user's location. > > It's not always obvious why a blog, news, or conference site wants > > to use my location. I deny these immediately, > > even though I may have allowed some had I known the intended use. > > Personally, there's an entire web platform of APIs for this. You can have a 100% opaque div on top of your screen which explains what you want. Just show the explanation before you ask. > > Any time anyone has ever gotten the ability to have browser-trusted-chrome display a message, they've used it to trick the user. > > Meta tags don't work because they don't handle localization/ translations well. > > Note to self: send comments on Indie UI What timeless said.
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