On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:07:58 +0100, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Ofcourse there should be option to ask every time, but it can't be the >> only option. Some users may prefer not to be bothered and have >> location-based services just working. Also there are IP<>geo databases, >> so some users may want to allow giving away information that has >> approximately same accuracy. > > That's a good point; we could probably give data with this approximate > accuracy without asking permission. That's probably around the "city" > level of precision? Not necessarily. It's sort of like the accuracy of Google - most of the time you get the right language, but every so often it's just totally b0rken. So while it is a useful guess, you would want to know what the browser is going to submit. And often it is around the country level of accuracy. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try Opera 9.1 http://opera.com
