It did come up on my mobile and ask me to use my location But I did not see a map of where I was ; only of the floor plans of meeting room etc Sent from my mobile On Jul 25, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25 jul 2010, at 14:34, Thomson, Martin wrote: > >> This is the venue map page: http://tools.ietf.org/rooms ? > >> The reason is so that it can display where you are on the map. > > Right. I had opened this page in a background tab so I didn't make the connection. > > Safari on the Mac doesn't seem to be able to find its location at all, though. And as there's no GPS reception indoors (certainly not without any windows) I doubt _any_ system could provide a location that is accurate enough to be usable here. > >> p.s. UI design doesn't seem to be a strong point here - modal notifications are an annoyance. Firefox 4.0 gets it almost right, but the dialog appearance and usability suck. > > A popup is ok if it's a reaction to a user action, not so much immediately upon loading the page. As long as we're providing constructive criticism: on the little program booklet the maps are tiny but still mostly readable, but on the web page the text is too small to be deciphered. > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf