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browser shows this permission popup: chromatone.center wants to control and reprogramme your MIDI devices. [Allow/Block] off-topic: is "reprogramme" a british

• deleted 2y ago
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• zarzavat 2y ago
  In contemporary British English “program” is used for the computation-related senses. “Programme” is used for all the other senses, e.g. a concert programme. Using “reprogramme” in a computation context is very old-fashioned and would be considered nonstandard spelling these days. I suspect this is someone taking BrE localisation too seriously or it’s a non-British person’s idea of what British English is.
• rendall 2y ago
  I got that too, but had never seen that permission before. I just went ahead and allowed it. Current best practice is not to ask permissions like that (location, notifications, or programming midi devices) on landing, but to stick them behind an interaction like a toggle or button press.
  • eldog_ 2y ago
    Recently chrome started asking for permission to use MIDI, when before it did not. So lots of existing sites won't tell you that they will request MIDI, which is what most sites that request the webcam do for good UX.
    • sva_ 2y ago
      I suppose it could be used to fingerprint a user.