Looking Beyond Prompts for Permissions in Chrome

Looking Beyond Prompts for Permissions in Chrome

Explore the challenges and limitations of permission prompts in web browsers through this 16-minute conference talk from PEPR '23. Delve into the complexities of balancing user control, information disclosure, and non-interruption in the modern web platform. Learn about Google Chrome's efforts to improve permission prompts, including interventions to reduce annoyance and collaborations with browser engineers to design capabilities with user intention in mind. Discover novel UI patterns aimed at encouraging developers to provide more context for meaningful user decisions. Gain insights from speakers Serena Chen and Marian Harbach of Google as they discuss the future of web platform permissions beyond traditional prompt UIs.