[cap-talk] Granting access to web services

[Mark Seaborn]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:47 PM, William Pearson <wil.pearson at gmail.com>wrote:

> > If we open a new tab, what state is the initiating tab (and the
> provider-chooser dialog box) left in, if the user switches back to it? While
> browser-provided file choosers are usually modal, untrusted tabs should not
> be modal.
>
> How about make the tab semi-modal? Allow it to get focus but disable
> the normal controls. But give a cancel button/widget so that if the
> untrusted tab misbehaves the user can continue.
>

Tyler's suggestion is that the requester gets a promise reference for the
service.  The requester should be able to tell whether the promise has
resolved, and change its display accordingly.


Another possible use case:
>
> Your own (billing/delivery) address. So that filling in forms for
> buying stuff becomes less of a pain. This would also be a easy thing
> to prototype.


Good idea.

Another major use case could be providing payment.

Cheers,
Mark
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