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"Go to current location" using GPS #46

Open orblivion opened 1 year ago

orblivion commented 1 year ago

Map apps have a "go to my current location" button with GPS. If I tried this on the web, like with Google Maps, my browser would ask for my location, and I'd consider it obnoxious and wouldn't dream of it. However, the whole point of Sandstorm is that the user likely actually trusts the server they're looking at. So maybe it'd be useful. Maybe the user would rather find themselves on the map than export bookmarks to a separate app.

Give a privacy warning. "Make sure you trust this server". If the user says "no" to the location permission, say "no hard feelings" or something; don't act like something went wrong. (Though maybe something did go wrong, don't discount that either)

ocdtrekkie commented 1 year ago

Is it even possible to do this through the sandbox? I think passing through permission requests via Sandstorm was something that was wanted as a feature, but isn't possible today.

orblivion commented 1 year ago

Oh interesting, the front end is locked down like this? I guess this is somehow related to the whole thing with blocking WebRTC?

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Is it even possible to do this through the sandbox? I think passing through permission requests via Sandstorm was something that was wanted as a feature, but isn't possible today.

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ocdtrekkie commented 1 year ago

Sort of, a big part of it is the fact that the apps are in an iframe. You might want to test it, but I don't think it will work.