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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