Location permission prompt, on Radar+ layer only

[snowvercast]

I have Windy saved on macOS as a Safari web app ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/104996 ).

Every time I access the Radar+ layer, I'm given an error message that "Location access for Windy is turned off."

This is an intentional setting by me - I do indeed have location permissions denied for the app. This is not a mistake.

I wonder if it is possible to respect this setting and not alert me every time? It may be an Apple / Safari bug, and if so, I can file a report with them.

Thanks

[Suty]

@snowvercast Hi, this is not a bug but a function on purpose, since there was many requests in the past, when users didn't know about the state so they wanted to get this infobar.

[snowvercast]

@Suty Thanks for the explanation, however, it is not an infobar, it's an interactive dialog that I have to click through.

[Suty]

@snowvercast Hi, can you please tell me when exactly does this occur? Also on which device do you use Windy?

[snowvercast]

@Suty Yup, I have recorded a gif. I hope this makes it more clear.

I am using Windy on macOS.

[Suty]

@snowvercast Hi, is this in the browser or app? We don't offer any official version of MacOS app.

[snowvercast]

@Suty It's kind of in between. It's known as a “Safari web app.” Basically you turn a web page into a local app. It's handy for sites that you use frequently or want to leave open. Anyone with a Mac can reproduce this.

This may be a problem only Apple can solve, and if that's the conclusion, that's fine. I just wanted to check in here.

[Suty]

@snowvercast Could you please test the behavior in standard browser, for example different than Safari?

[snowvercast]

@Suty I don't get the prompt in other browsers, even including conventional Safari. Those have location permission set to Deny, and do not re-prompt me every time.

However, I am still hoping this can be resolved. What seems to be happening is something in Windy is trying to acquire my location, even though I haven't requested that (all I did was change layers). I'm wondering if this extraneous location request can be removed, which would in turn stop this prompt.

[Suty]

@snowvercast I am afraid that this is related to system setting of MacOS and this webview. I will forward it to colleagues, but not sure if that can be anyhow managed.