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[Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/07/16 14:46, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> On 15.07.2016 15:27, Alan Bell wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >On 15/07/16 14:02, Dave Morley wrote:
> > > >>Alan your logic seems to be flawed, I get gps on google maps in the
> > >no no no. Google maps is fine, always. It subscribes to updates. This is
> > >about things that do*not*  subscribe to updates, things that just want
> > >to know where you are.
> > >For example
> > >https://www.where-am-i.net/
> > >and a ton of sites that just want to know where you are for things like
> > >thishttps://www.aldi.co.uk/store-finder
> > >they are not doing navigation, they are not presenting you on a map as a
> > >moving dot. They just want a single latlng and then they are done, but
> > >location services hands out junk, and doesn't wake up the GPS so you can
> > >refresh forever and nothing will update, and there is no indication that
> > >your GPS is still fast asleep. You have to go to google maps, wait for
> > >it to get a dot at your location, then go back to your location aware
> > >thing and refresh to let it know where you actually are.
> Interesting. Now I understand the issue. Did you report a bug which
> describes the issue in such detail? If so, please shoot over the link so
> I can subscribe to it.
this one I think
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1551686