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If a web standard only works if Google "penalizes" people, it's a bad web standard. I hate having to express this weekly, but Google is not the web. I really d
by ocdtrekkie 4y ago
If a web standard only works if Google "penalizes" people, it's a bad web standard. I hate having to express this weekly, but Google is not the web.
I really don't think any mail client needs corner of screen popups to be useful: I respond to most emails within 5-10 minutes, have used web email since 2005, and I've never wanted or allowed push notifications on my desktop.
It is, at best, a solution looking for a problem, and at worst, an adtech popup spec maliciously impressed upon the web with a casual justification for building it.
- endisneigh 4y agoWhy not disable notifications if you don’t like them? This functionality is opt in. If you don’t toggle this feature flag you’d never even know. Lol
- dijit 4y ago> Why not disable notifications if you don’t like them? Lol The “Lol” at the end of your comment is misplaced, comes off as condescending. Not everyone is the same as you, maybe they had considered turning them off and it’s possible that they believe that it may not be an option. For people outside of tech who do not mess with the settings of their devices, ironically the same people who are likely to be abused by this feature, then having a toggle is not very useful overall anyway. But, I’m not happy with your tone as it brings down the whole conversation to the same tired old flame war/shit slinging that inevitably happens when someone starts it with mild condescension on the internet.
- endisneigh 4y agoGiven that the feature in question is explicitly opt in, there’s no problem then.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoNotifications is enabled by default on every major browser that supports them. I turn them off, and at work, push a policy to disable them across the org, but it's still something I see and hear a lot afflicting non-technical users, especially seniors.