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Google Becomes Default Location Provider For Firefox
- huhtenberg 18y agoOk, great. Now. For Mozilla's own sake I really hope this lovely feature comes disabled by default. PS. To get an idea of what it is have a look here - http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-location-services-now-in-mozilla.html http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-locat...
- jkincaid 18y agoI believe it works similar to the way the iPhone's GPS does (it asks if you'd like to give a site/app permission on a site by site basis).
- mshafrir 18y agoClient location can already be approximated using the google.loader.ClientLocation API - http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/documentation/#ClientLocation http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/documentation/#ClientLocati...
- there 18y agomaxmind also has a javascript api to give you location information: http://j.maxmind.com/app/geoip.js http://j.maxmind.com/app/geoip.js
- mshafrir 18y agoDisclaimer: Geolocator services are subject to your network's physical location. For example, Maxmind claims that I'm in Wichita, Kansas. Google says I'm in Indianapolis. I'm physically located in Maryland, somewhere in between DC and Baltimore.