Re: [Bug 22214] How long do permissions persist?

On 2 June 2014 13:37, Jim Barnett <1jhbarnett@gmail.com> wrote:
> Requiring HTTPS is fine, but I don't want to grant permanent permissions to
> the site (i.e. permissions that will apply if I revisit the site in a
> month).   I do want the permissions to survive a page reload.   Can't we
> make this distinction?  I don't think that "past the next page reload"
> should imply "until England wins the World Cup."

Harald's proposal wouldn't have survived a reload.  The expectation
associated with reload is reset, which implies loss of permissions.

I'm guessing, but I think that the sort of thing you are looking to do
requires use of the history API and some massively disruptive
architectural changes: http://html5demos.com/history

Received on Monday, 2 June 2014 20:45:44 UTC