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It's crazy how much browsers are becoming operating systems. I'm neither for nor against it in general; I simply think it is an interesting thing to watch happe
by AndyKelley 15y ago
It's crazy how much browsers are becoming operating systems. I'm neither for nor against it in general; I simply think it is an interesting thing to watch happen. However in this case, I think it makes more sense for the user to download a desktop application in order to get push notifications directly from the server when not browsing the website.
- wmf 15y agoI guess they don't want the app to hold open connections to every site (some people have solved the C1M problem but some haven't) and they probably want a server to buffer messages when the app is not running. You'd run into these same issues whether the notifications are received by Firefox or a different desktop app.