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== Components == | == Components == | ||
This feature is a new API in Firefox that web sites may interact with. The API shares information about users' interactions through a set of callbacks registered by websites. | |||
* Web browser/Firefox | * Web browser/Firefox | ||
* Websites | * Websites | ||
** Websites loaded onto the browser tab within the browswer window or the window itself. | ** Websites loaded onto the browser tab within the browswer window or the window itself. | ||
Users are a component here (they communicate with the browser) but interactions between browser and user are not changed by this feature. | |||
=== Firefox === | |||
''' | * Prevent the web page from knowing the real timing of when the user goes idle. A fuzz factor/time has been added to the 'idle' and 'active' notifications to mitigate this risk. | ||
How it works: When the user stops using the device, i.e. becomes 'idle' the web page is notified after the requested idle time registered with the Idle API, has elapsed plus a random fuzz time. When the user starts using the device again, i.e. becomes 'active' the web page is notified after a fuzz amount of time. | |||
''' | ''TODO: Document what the "fuzz amount" is (500ms?) for both 'active' notifications as well as 'idle' notifications. Are they the same, or are they different?'' | ||
* The user 'idle' and 'active' status is platform specific. | * The user 'idle' and 'active' status is platform specific. | ||
** On platforms that do NOT support obtaining system idle time, if the user stops using the web browser but continues to use another application currently executing on the device then the web page is specifically notified that the user is idle despite the fact that the user is using another application. E.g. Linux, Android. | ** On platforms that do NOT support obtaining system idle time, if the user stops using the web browser but continues to use another application currently executing on the device then the web page is specifically notified that the user is idle despite the fact that the user is using another application. E.g. Linux, Android. | ||
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'''Communication with Idle API''' | '''Communication with websites via Idle API''' | ||
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''TODO: what is the actual API (messages and parameters)? We want to see the function signature and the types of data (or sample data) passed in. Example: see [[Privacy/Reviews/BrowserID.org#Implementation_Server]]'' | |||