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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      Something we have been missing, that a lot of people would like, I think, is desktop notifications to alert us when someone has posted something to ML. We just added this functionality to ML and if you refresh your browsers you should see the browser ask you if you would like to allow notifications. If you say yet the HTML5 API will be used to alert you to new posts being made. Don't do this if you don't want ML to become intrusive, as it will. But if you want to be able to keep up, it is great.

      This was by request of @g-jacobse so don't blame me on this one 🙂

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      • coliver
        coliver last edited by

        Yessssssss.

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        • gjacobse
          gjacobse last edited by

          Kinda nice.

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            It is going to get really annoying, really quickly for me, I think.

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            • MattSpeller
              MattSpeller last edited by

              Is it easy to disable?

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller last edited by

                Most browsers have a relatively simple "here is a list of the sites that are allowed to do this" thing where you can turn a site on and off.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                  For those working from archaic browsers.... IE does not support desktop notifications. So you are out of luck.

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                  • T
                    technobabble last edited by

                    Do we have a way to turn it off per thread? Or is there an ignore thread switch somewhere?

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                    • coliver
                      coliver @technobabble last edited by

                      @technobabble said:

                      Do we have a way to turn it off per thread? Or is there an ignore thread switch somewhere?

                      At the top is an unwatch button.

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                      • T
                        technobabble last edited by technobabble

                        AWESOME!

                        [email protected]

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                        • Dashrender
                          Dashrender last edited by

                          Yeah, this will be interesting.

                          FYI, lately, before the update, I noticed my unread box would rarely refresh, but the notices for me specifically would update.

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                          • StrongBad
                            StrongBad last edited by

                            This seems like it will be good but is going to take some getting used to.

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                            • ?
                              A Former User last edited by

                              I really want this on mobile. and some kind of instant email, maybe. I'm not so sure I want the email notifications. I used to think I wanted them for sure a year ago. But now I'm starting to even hate the SW email notifications.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller last edited by

                                In theory, this new update works on mobile. Or so it says in the GitHub page. Doubtful that it works for Windows Phones, though.

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                                • ?
                                  A Former User @scottalanmiller last edited by A Former User

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  In theory, this new update works on mobile. Or so it says in the GitHub page. Doubtful that it works for Windows Phones, though.

                                  Considering it is IE No. But with Windows Phone 10 that might change.

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                                  • RamblingBiped
                                    RamblingBiped last edited by

                                    It amuses me that I noticed the indicator on my chrome tab, switched back to the site because of it, and this thread was on the top of the list that triggered the new notification.

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @Guest last edited by

                                      @thecreativeone91 said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      In theory, this new update works on mobile. Or so it says in the GitHub page. Doubtful that it works for Windows Phones, though.

                                      Considering it is IE No. But with Windows Phone 10 that might change.

                                      Windows 10 with IE is not working for @art_of_shred so I'm finding it unlikely for at least the time being.

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller @RamblingBiped last edited by

                                        @RamblingBiped said:

                                        It amuses me that I noticed the indicator on my chrome tab, switched back to the site because of it, and this thread was on the top of the list that triggered the new notification.

                                        This is where it all comes together.

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                                        • ?
                                          A Former User last edited by A Former User

                                          I never got prompted for it in Chrome. is the notification sound going to be fixed too? I've never gotten that to work.

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller @Guest last edited by

                                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                                            I never got prompted for it in Chrome. is the notification sound going to be fixed too? I've never gotten that to work.

                                            Working for me now.

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