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The context here is that Safari (incl. mobile safari) just added support. Every other browser has supported this for years. I agree that the implementation in C
by nicoburns 4y ago
The context here is that Safari (incl. mobile safari) just added support. Every other browser has supported this for years. I agree that the implementation in Chrome that allows websites to request notification permissions on any page load is pretty annoying. But this UI is not a necessary part of this feature.
From an android POV, the benefit of this feature is that it allows you to install fully featured apps while keeping them in the web sandbox where you have fine-grained control over permissions.
- jacquesm 4y ago> I agree that the implementation in Chrome that allows websites to request notification permissions on any page load is pretty annoying. FF does pretty much the same thing. With phone apps I sort of get it: you are already installing something and clearly have a long-term relationship with the provider of such an app and the app likely has functionality that you need badly enough that having the app alert you makes sense. But for me the web is 'transient', even as the maker of a SPA I wouldn't dream of bugging my users outside of their own decision to come back to the site. All this needy software is - to me - just a source of irritation.
- rvense 4y agoWhen I last checked a few years ago, self-hosted Discourse forums needed to self-publish an app to have push notifications on iOS. Hopefully that won't be the case anymore, it's a great community communications platform.