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You can, of course, navigate to settings and toggle the switch for anything you accidentally denied, but I wonder how many users know that. Also, unless a deve

by GrantS 12y ago

You can, of course, navigate to settings and toggle the switch for anything you accidentally denied, but I wonder how many users know that. Also, unless a developer explicitly adds some message reminding the user that they have already denied access to some resource, the user may very well forget that they ever denied anything and think that the app just doesn't work. All that said, I think Apple is making the right choice by favoring privacy and security even if it's at the expense of a completely frictionless user experience.

MBCook 12y ago
The article says that Apple is making it possible to put a link in your app to get users straight to that screen so you don't have to try to talk them through it. I agree with you that I doubt many people have any idea that stuff is there.
josephlord 12y ago
At least in iOS 8 the developer can add actions to send the user to the correct part of the settings app.
- gergles 12y ago
  And let's hope the review process is very tight about this. If I deny you some permission, you shouldn't be able to pester me every time I run the app to turn it back on. Some apps (cough Facebook cough) are already REALLY bad about this.
  - micampe 12y ago
    I denied location access and Facebook never asks me anything more than once.
    - jbg_ 12y ago
      The Facebook “Messenger” app pops up a full-screen modal pestering you to enable notifications EVERY TIME you start it, if you choose to keep them disabled. I prefer to batch electronic communications and check them a few times a day at most, and find the constant nagging to change my communications style pretty infuriating. I ended up deleting the app.
      - harshaw 12y ago
        ok, but given that Messenger is about, err.... real time messaging it is probably very important to have push notifications enabled.
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  - josephlord 12y ago
    It probably depends on the app what makes sense. If the app is useless without the permission then not giving the user a way to get working is a bug. So if a camera app asks to use the camera each time that is proper behaviour but if it asks for access to contacts every time it is started it should probably be rejected. It might be that the fuzzy edges of Apples approval system can be beneficial if some good judgement is used.

by GrantS 12y ago

MBCook 12y ago

The article says that Apple is making it possible to put a link in your app to get users straight to that screen so you don't have to try to talk them through it. I agree with you that I doubt many people have any idea that stuff is there.

josephlord 12y ago

At least in iOS 8 the developer can add actions to send the user to the correct part of the settings app.

gergles 12y ago
And let's hope the review process is very tight about this. If I deny you some permission, you shouldn't be able to pester me every time I run the app to turn it back on. Some apps (cough Facebook cough) are already REALLY bad about this.
- micampe 12y ago
  I denied location access and Facebook never asks me anything more than once.
  - jbg_ 12y ago
    The Facebook “Messenger” app pops up a full-screen modal pestering you to enable notifications EVERY TIME you start it, if you choose to keep them disabled. I prefer to batch electronic communications and check them a few times a day at most, and find the constant nagging to change my communications style pretty infuriating. I ended up deleting the app.
    - harshaw 12y ago
      ok, but given that Messenger is about, err.... real time messaging it is probably very important to have push notifications enabled.
    - deleted 12y ago
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- josephlord 12y ago
  It probably depends on the app what makes sense. If the app is useless without the permission then not giving the user a way to get working is a bug. So if a camera app asks to use the camera each time that is proper behaviour but if it asks for access to contacts every time it is started it should probably be rejected. It might be that the fuzzy edges of Apples approval system can be beneficial if some good judgement is used.