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I've never met a single end user who wants desktop notifications for web "apps," including myself. In fact I wish I could turn it off globally and more easily.

I've never met a single end user who wants desktop notifications for web "apps," including myself. In fact I wish I could turn it off globally and more easily. I'm sure there are a number of legitimate uses but as of now, every craptastic "news" website I visit now wants to pester the hell out of me with notifications when they post new clickbait.

mantas 9y ago
Ironically, they frequently don't give RSS feed. Which I'd be happy to subscribe to.
jimktrains2 9y ago
Im comfortable with the current system where websites request permission for notifications, but they are as useful as phone notifications. Message in a webchat, new email, new private notification on Twitter, &c. It should always be opt in, but it is a useful thing for many use cases.
- FussyZeus 9y ago
  I'm comfortable with it, just wish the browsers would give me the option to just say no, forever, to all websites.
  - masklinn 9y ago
    I think safari (desktop) does. It has a checkbox labelled "Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications" in the Notifications settings.
- NoGravitas 9y ago
  Can't reply to FussyZeus, but in Firefox, you can permanently disable notifications for all websites (though it is not exposed in the UI). Go to about:config, search for dom.webnotifications.enabled, set it to false.
  - jvzr 9y ago
    Thank you, and thank you, Mozilla.
icebraining 9y ago
I've never met a single end user who wants desktop notifications for web "apps," including myself. In fact I wish I could turn it off globally and more easily. In Firefox, just open "about:config", search for dom.webnotifications.enabled, then double-click it. If using other browsers, don't :) (PS: I like desktop notifications for Slack, but since I'd prefer not to use Slack in the first place, I'm not sure I count)
- NoGravitas 9y ago
  Also dom.push.enabled = false, apparently.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    From what I understand, the previous config kills all desktop notifications, overriding that config, which is just about push notifications.
- iaml 9y ago
  In chrome: settings -> advanced -> content settings
saurik 9y ago
OK: today you have met one. I have notifications turned on in desktop Safari for Facebook, Twitter, Slack, a handful of news sites that I like to keep up on, and probably some other stuff I am not remembering right now; and no: the idea of installing a native application for any of these services sickens me for numerous reasons (everything from concrete reasons of security and convenience to philosophical objections related to wanting to maintain an open, searchable, and hyperlinkable web).
barnabee 9y ago
Agree 100% I'd be OK with a small icon in the address bar to indicate push notifications are available on a site but even one pop up asking for permission is too many.

mantas 9y ago

Ironically, they frequently don't give RSS feed. Which I'd be happy to subscribe to.

jimktrains2 9y ago

Im comfortable with the current system where websites request permission for notifications, but they are as useful as phone notifications. Message in a webchat, new email, new private notification on Twitter, &c. It should always be opt in, but it is a useful thing for many use cases.

FussyZeus 9y ago
I'm comfortable with it, just wish the browsers would give me the option to just say no, forever, to all websites.
- masklinn 9y ago
  I think safari (desktop) does. It has a checkbox labelled "Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications" in the Notifications settings.
NoGravitas 9y ago
Can't reply to FussyZeus, but in Firefox, you can permanently disable notifications for all websites (though it is not exposed in the UI). Go to about:config, search for dom.webnotifications.enabled, set it to false.
- jvzr 9y ago
  Thank you, and thank you, Mozilla.

icebraining 9y ago

I've never met a single end user who wants desktop notifications for web "apps," including myself. In fact I wish I could turn it off globally and more easily. In Firefox, just open "about:config", search for dom.webnotifications.enabled, then double-click it. If using other browsers, don't :) (PS: I like desktop notifications for Slack, but since I'd prefer not to use Slack in the first place, I'm not sure I count)

NoGravitas 9y ago
Also dom.push.enabled = false, apparently.
- icebraining 9y ago
  From what I understand, the previous config kills all desktop notifications, overriding that config, which is just about push notifications.
iaml 9y ago
In chrome: settings -> advanced -> content settings

saurik 9y ago

OK: today you have met one. I have notifications turned on in desktop Safari for Facebook, Twitter, Slack, a handful of news sites that I like to keep up on, and probably some other stuff I am not remembering right now; and no: the idea of installing a native application for any of these services sickens me for numerous reasons (everything from concrete reasons of security and convenience to philosophical objections related to wanting to maintain an open, searchable, and hyperlinkable web).

barnabee 9y ago

Agree 100% I'd be OK with a small icon in the address bar to indicate push notifications are available on a site but even one pop up asking for permission is too many.