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Usually the W3C spec for new features like this will contain a few paragraphs outlining intended use cases. In this case: > Making these distinctions is impor

Usually the W3C spec for new features like this will contain a few paragraphs outlining intended use cases. In this case: > Making these distinctions is important for applications which have the option of delivering notifications across multiple devices, such as a desktop and smartphone. Users may find it frustrating when notifications are delivered to the wrong device or are disruptive. For example, if they switch from a tab containing a messaging application to one for a document they are editing, the messaging application, not being able to observe that the user is still interacting with their device, may assume that they have left to grab a coffee and start delivering notifications to their phone, causing it to buzz distractingly, instead of displaying notifications on their desktop or incrementing a badge count. Source: https://wicg.github.io/idle-detection/#introduction https://wicg.github.io/idle-detection/#introduction

cdirkx 5y ago
> the messaging application, not being able to observe that the user is still interacting with their device, may assume that they have left to grab a coffee and start delivering notifications to their phone, causing it to buzz distractingly, instead of displaying notifications on their desktop or incrementing a badge count. Is any webapp doing this? To me it sounds like multiple steps into the future: - First a webapp has to have the capability to notify just one device, so in this case your browser and not also your phone. I cant think of an app where you dont receive double notifications on web+mobile (or triple with a smartwatch). - The webapp then needs to be smart enough to dynamically select the "most active" device to send the notification to. - The new feature can then be used as a workaround for "incorrectly" classifying your computer as an inactive device, because you are not interacting with the webpage anymore.
fsckboy 5y ago
giving the users explicit control over where their messages are sent is a good idea. being spied on supposedly so the system can decide where to send you messages is a bad idea.
- Talanes 5y ago
  An opt-in system to allow idle detection is an explicit control. It shouldn't be the only option, but denying that it should be an option at all feels a little infantilizing.
  - fsckboy 5y ago
    my point, that you glossed over, can be illustrated this way: I want my phone to have GPS so I can use it to figure out where I am, for mapping, etc. I don't want it used for spying on me. An opt-in system to allow GPS (or idle detection) is an explicit control, but it is not toggling the usage of this low level feature, which is the important part that I want to approve. Approvals should not be blanket.
    - Talanes 5y ago
      It's a per-website toggle, how much more granularly approved do you need it to be?
      - fsckboy 5y ago
        usage, not vendor
        Talanes 5y ago
        If the permission system is truly the same setup as microphone and camera access, that includes asking for permission on every new access session and an easy location on the menu bar to revoke permissions again.

cdirkx 5y ago

> the messaging application, not being able to observe that the user is still interacting with their device, may assume that they have left to grab a coffee and start delivering notifications to their phone, causing it to buzz distractingly, instead of displaying notifications on their desktop or incrementing a badge count. Is any webapp doing this? To me it sounds like multiple steps into the future: - First a webapp has to have the capability to notify just one device, so in this case your browser and not also your phone. I cant think of an app where you dont receive double notifications on web+mobile (or triple with a smartwatch). - The webapp then needs to be smart enough to dynamically select the "most active" device to send the notification to. - The new feature can then be used as a workaround for "incorrectly" classifying your computer as an inactive device, because you are not interacting with the webpage anymore.

fsckboy 5y ago

giving the users explicit control over where their messages are sent is a good idea. being spied on supposedly so the system can decide where to send you messages is a bad idea.

Talanes 5y ago
An opt-in system to allow idle detection is an explicit control. It shouldn't be the only option, but denying that it should be an option at all feels a little infantilizing.
- fsckboy 5y ago
  my point, that you glossed over, can be illustrated this way: I want my phone to have GPS so I can use it to figure out where I am, for mapping, etc. I don't want it used for spying on me. An opt-in system to allow GPS (or idle detection) is an explicit control, but it is not toggling the usage of this low level feature, which is the important part that I want to approve. Approvals should not be blanket.
  - Talanes 5y ago
    It's a per-website toggle, how much more granularly approved do you need it to be?
    - fsckboy 5y ago
      usage, not vendor
      - Talanes 5y ago
        If the permission system is truly the same setup as microphone and camera access, that includes asking for permission on every new access session and an easy location on the menu bar to revoke permissions again.