Re: [Bug 23128] Add an explicit "get access to media" call

On 09/06/2013 12:56 PM, bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote:
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23128
>
> Anne <annevk@annevk.nl> changed:
>
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
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>                   CC|                            |annevk@annevk.nl
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> --- Comment #2 from Anne <annevk@annevk.nl> ---
> Please see
> http://notifications.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-notification-requestpermission and in
> particular
> http://robert.ocallahan.org/2011/06/permissions-for-web-applications_30.html
>
> There's good reasons why we abandoned this path. Flash tried to do this, Java
> tried, both are not very successful at conveying to the user what's going on.
>
Anne, your first link doesn't say that the approach was abandoned; it 
shows that in the notifications case, you have also given up on finding 
a better alternative.
The second link is Roc's opinion; I respect that opinion, but disagree 
with the conclusion.

Besides, our feet have been solidly planted on the "ask for permissions" 
path; if anything, this change helps alleviate the popup overload pain.

As an IETF friend said in another context:

"This is not about starting down the slippery slope. It's how far we 
slide into the muck at the bottom."

Received on Friday, 6 September 2013 11:25:35 UTC