Re: Web Bluetooth + Permissions API

BTW general support vote here, I think this will help unify with
permissions and help solve the physical web & existing device permissions
flow.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:52 AM, François Beaufort 🇫🇷 <
fbeaufort@google.com> wrote:

> I've been thinking about the Permissions API, wrote a short proposal
> at https://gist.github.com/beaufortfrancois/951fc384e87a786a6d35 and
> would love your take on it.
>
> The Permissions API is there to provide a unified and consistent way
> to ask for permissions on the Web and I *really* think we should think
> about how to incorporate the Web Bluetooth API and the upcoming
> chooser APIs such as Web USB.
>
> Thanks to permissions.query({ name: 'bluetooth' }), a website would be
> able to tell if a user has already disabled the Bluetooth Content
> Setting and provide an appropriate UX.
>
> Using permissions.request makes much more sense semantically when you
> think about it.
>
> Replacing navigator.bluetooth.getDevices() with permissions.query({
> name: 'bluetooth' }) is also nice as it's quite customisable and we
> can also add a deviceId option to filter this list in a "Restore"
> situation.
>
> The cherry on top is obviously the permission.referringDevice
> BluetoothDevice object which comes there for free.
>
>