[mediacapture-main] gUM firing repeatedly for the same page load

jnoring has just created a new issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-main:

== gUM firing repeatedly for the same page load ==
I wanted to start a discussion around this defect: 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212996

The bug basically boils down to this: in Firefox, every call to 
getUserMedia will show the gUM allow/deny prompt.

Example:

1. I visit https://www.xyz.com, which requests access to 
camera/microphone
2. gUM fires, showing the browser's allow/deny dialog
3. User allows
4. xyz.com has support for navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices() 
and allows the user to change mic and camera in page
5. User changes their mic or camera
6. gUM fires, again showing the browser's allow/deny dialog

...step 6 is really the question: should a browser show that second 
allow/deny dialog?  Currently Chrome and Firefox are completely 
different in this regard:

1. Chrome: if the page is loaded via HTTPS, not only does that first 
allow grant the page access to *all* microphones and cameras, but it 
does so in perpetuity; the action is interpreted as permanent for that
 page.
2. Firefox: unless the user explicitly chooses the "allow always" 
option in the gUM dialog, Firefox prompts for every single gUM 
request, even if the user has already granted access.



Please view or discuss this issue at 
https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-main/issues/304 using your GitHub 
account

Received on Monday, 11 January 2016 17:51:22 UTC