I agree...'optional' permissions would greatly allow me to add features that would be benefitial to some people without others worrying about their implications (eg. contact permission to add a 'Share' feature, some will use it, some would not so I wouldn't have the potential to share their contacts over the internet or something)
Of course, then the ability to write a minidescription detailing why the permission is needed would make a lot of sense... Tim wrote: > On Mar 31, 9:36 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:59 PM, CB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The balance between use and misuse is very tricky (highlighted in > > > permissions, where users question what an app uses each permission > > > for). Overall, while power to the developer is important, I would > > > suggest the following to put the power back in the user`s hand: > > > > The power was never in the user's hand in the first place, if anything > > the advent of smart phones and Android has been the drive to push more > > power to the user without losing the convenience factor of the mobile > > device. > > Actually with MIDP you could do this - each time an app wanted to > access a file/network you had to give it permission. Of course, the > "don't ask again" option was disabled unless you paid lots of money to > get your app signed. > > I agree with this, but I also think it should be hard for an app to > *know* whether permission has been denied or not. Otherwise they will > just check them all at the start and show a dialog saying "You need to > enable all permissions to use this app" and we're back to square one. > > It is possible to block app's internet use (very useful!) using an app > called DroidWall, but you have to be root & have a netfilter-enabled > kernel. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
