- From: Bjartur Thorlacius <svartman95@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 12:54:55 +0000
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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