Comment 2 for bug 1374570

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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote : Re: [system-settings] 'location access' and 'other app access' should be merged

I don't really care what the bug summary says-- I saw a problem and I described it with a possible solution in the best way I could and then asked design for comment. Please adjust as necessary.

If nothing is going to change, 'Other app access' should be reworded because it is confusing.

I find the current implementation is inefficient and have thought this for a while (and I understand what is happening with the system). I ended up filing the bug because I was talking about the permissions and where to find them with two other people and they were puzzled why they weren't found together (this discussion was on something unrelated to this bug and there opinion was given before me offering my own).

I don't care if the term 'service' is used-- I made a suggestion that made sense to me to get the ball rolling. I also agree that people shouldn't care if we use something called a trust-store (and my suggestion didn't say to reference the trust-store in the UI). However, it happens that services that use the trust-store express permission requests to the user in a similar (if not identical) manner, so it makes sense to group these permissions in the same area since users are likely thinking about them in the same way. I think that because I and two other people feel the same way supports this.

Whether it is 'A' or 'B' I defer to design. If they are also expressed in other areas too (a combination of A/B and C), that's ok (I don't have a strong opinion, but personally I've found that having some settings expressed in multiple areas somewhat confusing, but if user testing shows this to help people, fine).