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suggest alternative text for description of GeolocationPositionError.message attribute #941

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himorin opened this issue Jul 8, 2020 · 2 comments
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agreed-to-close-during-mtg i18n group has discussed and resolved to close, typically in telecon needs-resolution i18n expects this item to be resolved to their satisfaction. s:geolocation https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-api/ t:loc_localization 9.6 Localization wg:das Devices and Sensors - https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/das

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himorin commented Jul 8, 2020

Geolocation API / GeolocationPositionError interface
https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-api/#position_error_interface

The message attribute MUST return an error message describing the details of the error encountered. This attribute is primarily intended for debugging and developers SHOULD NOT use it directly in their application user interface.

This description specifies that this attribute is for developers but never for other use including paste onto user interface. Some points were raised during call:

  • maybe they meant "an error message indicating the details" rather than "an error message describing the details"
  • the word "primarily" could lead to have secondary purpose

Proposal:

The message attribute MUST return an error message indicating the details of the error encountered and informed by code attribute. This attribute is intended for debugging and developers SHOULD NOT use it directly in their application user interface.

This is a tracker issue. Only discuss things here if they are i18n WG internal meta-discussions about the issue. Contribute to the actual discussion at the following link:

§ w3c/geolocation#50

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r12a commented Jul 9, 2020

We're just being careful here because we want to make sure that it's not necessary to concern ourselves with language declarations, bidi labelling, or alternative language choices. We understand that your error messages will be short labels rather than natural language text.

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xfq commented Jul 30, 2021

@xfq xfq closed this as completed Jul 30, 2021
@xfq xfq added agreed-to-close-during-mtg i18n group has discussed and resolved to close, typically in telecon and removed close? The related issue was closed by the Group but open here labels Jul 30, 2021
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