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Permission prompts on arrival
Requests for location, notifications or the camera before the visitor has done anything.
Why it matters
The best time to ask for something is before the visitor knows what they would be agreeing to. A permission prompt on arrival catches them at their most hopeful, before the first paragraph has had a chance to disappoint.
Browsers now hide some of these prompts behind a small icon, because so many sites ask. This is a sign of a healthy market.
How Outhouse measures it
On server grades, Outhouse watches from page load for requests for notification, location, push, camera or microphone access. One scores in full. Grades run in your own browser do not measure this.
This audit counts towards Annoyance, with a weight of 2. A category is 75% its two highest-scoring audits and 25% all of its audits, weighted, so a site is judged mostly on what it does most and partly on how many things it does.
How to improve your score
Install Push. Available on selected plans. See all products.
Related audits
- Popups covering content: Overlays that cover most of the screen until the visitor deals with them.
- Cookie or consent banner: A banner asking the visitor to agree to cookies before they can do anything else.
- Push-notification service: A service that asks to send the visitor notifications after they have left.
- Chat widget: A chat window that offers help, then sells something.
- App nagging: Banners and buttons insisting that the visitor would be happier in the app.