[whatwg] Proposal for a web application descriptor

On 5/6/11, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals at opera.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 May 2011 21:41:24 +0200, Bjartur Thorlacius
>> Of course, if the site requests coordinates, it's up to the user
>> whether they come from /dev/gps or /dev/tty (or /n/3D Globe).
>
> Yeah, in principle. But given that most users aren't going to symlink
> /dev/gps via their hand-crafted code to decide what to say (largely
> because browsers just ask Google where you are instead based on visible
> Wifi) in practice the question is how to build reasonable UI that the
> users actually understand.
The point was that they user could choose between the ___location
provided by their GPS and "Click on a spot on the globe representing
the Earth" (ignoring whether the selection is the user's ___location or
not). This would force users to make an informed choice (as there's no
button labeled "OK").

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