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So correct me if I'm wrong, but this ONLY works if you have Mavericks, correct? If so, why is it called Safari Push Notifications? Safari doesn't have to be run
by cwilson 13y ago
So correct me if I'm wrong, but this ONLY works if you have Mavericks, correct? If so, why is it called Safari Push Notifications? Safari doesn't have to be running for them to work.
Unless you don't have to be using Mavericks, and it works with the latest version of Safari (assuming you have it launched) regardless of OS (Windows, OSX v*, etc), and Mavericks is only required when you don't have Safari running.
- bdash 13y agoYes, this only works if you have Mavericks. It is called Safari Push Notifications because it's a push notification feature provided by Safari, to distinguish it from OS X's more general support for push notifications. Safari also supports the "Web Notifications" specification[1], which allows a website to post a notification while it is open in Safari. This has been supported for a few releases now and is also available in some other browsers. I believe Gmail can make use of this to call attention to new emails while open in a background tab. [1]: <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/notifications/raw-file/tip/Overview.html> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/notifications/raw-file/tip/Overview.h...
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- bdash 13y agoCan you clarify what part of my comment this is in response to? I'm having difficulty understanding why you chose to post it in reply to my comment.
- masklinn 13y ago> If so, why is it called Safari Push Notifications? Safari doesn't have to be running for them to work. Because as far as the user can see, Safari is the interface to these notifications: that's where you get the prompt to subscribe to the notification, and you can configure or remove notifications from its settings.