[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 47693] Configurable GeoLocation data provider

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47693


Steve Block <steveblock at google.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Steve Block <steveblock at google.com>  2011-03-31 02:26:24 PST ---
Thanks for the comment Don, but the reason that this feature hasn't been implemented is that there hasn't been any interest from the browsers that use WebKit, at least as far as I'm aware. I think the reason for this is that changing the Geolocation backend server is beyond the interests and understanding of a typical browser user. I'm not sure that Firefox's geo.wifi.uri setting is intended for regular users, hidden as it is in about:config. It's more for debugging or for power users.

Also, it's important to note that the JSON protocol used by Firefox and Opera to get location information from a server is not part of the W3C Geolocation spec. It's a custom protocol used to communicate with Google servers. Other browsers, such as Android (which uses WebKit), use a different protocol or none at all. It would be difficult for WebKit to support a setting using a protocol which is not standardised.

If a WebKit-based browser were to implement this feature, it would like likely be at the embedder level, not in WebKit itself.

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