Bug#769955: gnome-maps: geoclue related error message on startup, "Go to current location" not working
Laurent Bigonville
bigon at debian.org
Sat Nov 29 11:53:13 UTC 2014
Le Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:37:07 +0100,
Michael Banck <mbanck at debian.org> a écrit :
>
> Well yeah, it was off, and yeah, maps works (after a restart only, I
> might add).
>
> So it boils down to just horrible UI:
>
> 1. The button "Go to current location" is not greyed out or otherweise
> inactive if geolocation has been disabled.
>
> 2. No UI feedback at all AFAICT that geolocation is disabled and/or a
> hint where to enable it.
>
> 3. On a related note, I might add: if the user explicitly clicks on
> "Go to current location" that might override their general privacy
> policies. A user might not want the system to generally know where
> they are, but clicking that button implies consent IMHO.
>
> Those are all upstream issues though, I guess.
Do you think you could report this upstream?
Thanks
Laurent Bigonville
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