Permission request asks for access to all websites when creating a room on firefox

[AipixUwU]

First of all, it's a great extension, it works very well and has a simple, clear interface.

When I create a room, the extension requests access to all websites at once. I think it would be a better experience if it only requested access to the site I'm currently on when I create or join a room, since that's the only one it actually needs at that moment.

Version: 0.5.0

[andreademasi]

Hi!
I agree that it's not great that the extension requests access to all websites at once and i'd like to restrict the permissions asked as well but in this case it's a technical limitation.

For Synclify to work correctly it need to inject a content script in all frames of the page to detect if there's a suitable video to sync or not.

For this, the activeTab permission already gives Synclify permission to inject content scripts in the current tab but some websites (🏴‍☠️) host their video player inside cross-origin iframes. If Synclify only used the activeTab permission this would mean having to ask for permission to inject the CS inside every frame of the page and some websites (again 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️), have usually A LOT of iframes in their page. This translates to the user having to click a bunch of times "Allow" which i think is not great UX and a bit confusing.

That said, your UX point is valid. A better approach would likely be to expand (aka request) permissions only when we actually need access to a cross-origin iframe. I believe it's possible to batch hosts permissions requests in one prompt (and having to click a lot of times "Allow").

[AipixUwU]

Thanks for the explanation! I understand the technical limitation with cross-origin iframes better now. The idea of batching permissions by host seems like a great solution.

Really appreciate your work!