Re: Permissions API vs local APIs

Jonas has a good idea in extending the Perms API. This reduces extra work
and simplifies a lot

On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jonas@sicking.cc');>> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','annevk@annevk.nl');>> wrote:
>> > Over in
>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2015May/0006.html
>> > Jonas pointed out that having two APIs for doing the same thing is
>> > "nuts". We should probably decide whether we go ahead with the
>> > Permissions API or keep doing permission checks on a per-API basis.
>>
>> I personally think having a single API, rather than half a dozen
>> navigator.*.hasPermission() APIs is better. If for no other reason
>> than that's it's likely going to be significantly easier to keep a
>> single API consistent, than the half-dozen different ones.
>>
>> I'll also note that the reception on twitter from developers for the
>> permission API seemed quite positive.
>>
>
> I agree with Jonas. Extending the permission API to give developers a
> single place to check with a single consistent style seems like the right
> way to go.
>
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