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Is it possible to block all websites from asking about enabling notifications? Every time I have allowed it have I regretted it, and every time I see the little
by tw1010 9y ago
Is it possible to block all websites from asking about enabling notifications? Every time I have allowed it have I regretted it, and every time I see the little dialog box asking for my permission do I feel slightly more desire to just close down the tab and read something else.
- hawkice 9y agoMy recommendation: leave. Websites won't stop doing something intrusive and annoying until it costs them more than it gets them.
- enraged_camel 9y agoYeah but how are they going to realize people are leaving because of that one specific thing?
- guntars 9y agoThey are doing A/B tests on something like that, right?
- hawkice 9y agoThere's a sense it which it isn't your responsibility to figure that out. If they never check, you avoid annoyance. If they do check (A/B test, eyeballing it, whatever), they'll see. If they're unwilling to turn it off no matter what then they're kind of terrible, and probably should lose lots of traffic.
- ben-schaaf 9y agoNatural selection. Sites that use this tactic would get less revenue and thus have a higher chance of dying than those that don't. Therefore, over time, sites would trend towards not having that feature.
- petercooper 9y agoUnfortunately that hasn't worked for those infuriating "sign up for our email!" popovers/interstitials. Indeed, they seem to work better than ever.
- frandroid 9y agoThey really should be asking on the second visit. I've enabled them for some sites (actually, this reminds me I haven't seen notifications for one in a while) but popping up before I've had time to assess the content is rude.
- sergiosgc 9y agoIn firefox, change the dom.webnotifications.enabled config to false. Type about:config in the address bar, accept the warning, search for the key and toggle it.
- raamdev 9y agoIn Chrome, Preferences → Advanced → Content Settings → Notifications → [Enable Blocked].
- rovek 9y agoThe question I often end up asking myself is "what possible reason could this website think I have for wanting notifications from them?", this site being a great example. I guess the sad reality is they want you to just dismiss the popup with the primary button, without thinking, so they can spam you.