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Re:Chrome Ships WebGPU by codedokode on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:49AM (#35468276)
Permission popups can be replaced with an additional permission toolbar or with a button in the address bar user needs to click. This way they won't be annoying and won't require a click to dismiss.
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Re:Chrome Ships WebGPU by cyral on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:09PM (#35470441)
Like the site settings page on Chrome, which is in the address bar (clicking the lock icon)? You can set the permissions (including defaults) for like 50 of these APIs.
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Re:Chrome Ships WebGPU by codedokode on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:45PM (#35474143)
You can display only permissions that a page requests, starting from most important ones.

For example, toolbar could look like:

Enable: [ location ] [ camera ] [ fingerprinting via canvas ] ...

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