alt Hacker NewsIt explicitly pops up the confirmation dialog even though user has previously DENIED that geolocation permission dialog. The whole thing is only created because they see "high denial rates" and want to create a way to permanently undo these denials.
It explicitly pops up the confirmation dialog even though user has previously DENIED that geolocation permission dialog. The whole thing is only created because they see "high denial rates" and want to create a way to permanently undo these denials.
The spec doesn't mandate such behaviour, that's up to the user agent to implement.
I've had to deal with plenty of people who couldn't do things like use Jitsi or other web apps because they missed or denied the permission prompt before reading them. The tiny icons in the address bar are barely recognised as clickable items by most users, which is a good thing for toning down annoyances but an awful inconvenience when trying to help people.
In a few cases, the solution to "accidentally dismissed permission popup" was "make everyone else download an app full of trackers".