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Gmail gets desktop notifications (if you're a Chrome user)

15 points by bradmccarty 16y ago

jjcm 16y ago
Just noticed this update to gmail a few minutes ago. Looks like it's a webkit feature though, and only chrome specific for the time being. Check some example code here: http://www.210computing.com/google/chrome_notifications.html http://www.210computing.com/google/chrome_notifications.html And the draft API here: http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/desktop-notifications/api-specification http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/desktop-...
- bradmccarty 16y ago
  Noticed that, as well. Interesting that the blog post from Google says that they are trying to make this a feature of the "standard Web platform." http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/desktop-notifications-for-emails-and.html http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/desktop-notifications-...
- aphexairlines 16y ago
  The last.fm music player chrome extension uses this to pop up track names when they start playing: http://chrome-music.tumblr.com/ http://chrome-music.tumblr.com/
garply 16y ago
Does this work on Linux?
- daviding 16y ago
  I haven't seen it on Gmail and Chrome 10.0.642.2 dev yet, but the underlying webkit does work on Ubuntu et al. You can test the feature in Chrome here: http://slides.html5rocks.com/#notifications-api http://slides.html5rocks.com/#notifications-api edit: Just got the permission banner in gmail now - works fine.
- lpolovets 16y ago
  Yes (I'm on Ubuntu 10.04)
woogley 16y ago
Interesting timing. tdfx just asked for this 8 hours ago. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2143881 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2143881 What powerful influence!
albemuth 16y ago
They should have gone for growl integration on OS X, that's why I disabled it.
- X-Istence 16y ago
  Growl would have been infinitely better in that I can then set up what the notifications look like, how long they linger on my screen and the font size and whatnot. Not sure why didn't go with Growl instead of rolling their own...
  - gmurphy 16y ago
    Growl is great for all the reasons you state, but Chrome doesn't use it because Growl doesn't allow HTML, and it would require us to ship Chrome with Growl for all the users who don't have it. HTML notifications can be powerful because they allow you to include live content (video of the person attempting to video chat with you) and actions (e.g. archive, reply buttons) if you choose. It's not inconceivable that someone could write something that suppressed and stripped the text out of a Chrome notification and presented it in a Growl notification.

15 points by bradmccarty 16y ago

jjcm 16y ago

Just noticed this update to gmail a few minutes ago. Looks like it's a webkit feature though, and only chrome specific for the time being. Check some example code here: http://www.210computing.com/google/chrome_notifications.html http://www.210computing.com/google/chrome_notifications.html And the draft API here: http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/desktop-notifications/api-specification http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/desktop-...

bradmccarty 16y ago
Noticed that, as well. Interesting that the blog post from Google says that they are trying to make this a feature of the "standard Web platform." http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/desktop-notifications-for-emails-and.html http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/desktop-notifications-...
aphexairlines 16y ago
The last.fm music player chrome extension uses this to pop up track names when they start playing: http://chrome-music.tumblr.com/ http://chrome-music.tumblr.com/

garply 16y ago

Does this work on Linux?

daviding 16y ago
I haven't seen it on Gmail and Chrome 10.0.642.2 dev yet, but the underlying webkit does work on Ubuntu et al. You can test the feature in Chrome here: http://slides.html5rocks.com/#notifications-api http://slides.html5rocks.com/#notifications-api edit: Just got the permission banner in gmail now - works fine.
lpolovets 16y ago
Yes (I'm on Ubuntu 10.04)

woogley 16y ago

Interesting timing. tdfx just asked for this 8 hours ago. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2143881 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2143881 What powerful influence!

albemuth 16y ago

They should have gone for growl integration on OS X, that's why I disabled it.

X-Istence 16y ago
Growl would have been infinitely better in that I can then set up what the notifications look like, how long they linger on my screen and the font size and whatnot. Not sure why didn't go with Growl instead of rolling their own...
- gmurphy 16y ago
  Growl is great for all the reasons you state, but Chrome doesn't use it because Growl doesn't allow HTML, and it would require us to ship Chrome with Growl for all the users who don't have it. HTML notifications can be powerful because they allow you to include live content (video of the person attempting to video chat with you) and actions (e.g. archive, reply buttons) if you choose. It's not inconceivable that someone could write something that suppressed and stripped the text out of a Chrome notification and presented it in a Growl notification.