On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Jonas Sicking <jo...@sicking.cc> wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Anne van Kesteren <ann...@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. -- Mike West <mk...@google.com>, @mikewest Google Germany GmbH, Dienerstrasse 12, 80331 München, Germany, Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg, Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores (Sorry; I'm legally required to add this exciting detail to emails. Bleh.)
