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  • Aaron Parecki
    I'm curious what, if any, types of websites you actually want and allow browser notifications from.

    I feel like there's a good use case for them, but it's certainly not being notified of news articles or new recipes.
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    Wed, Feb 2, 2022 9:12am -08:00 #notification
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    • Mike Bijon twitter.com/geekcode
      Personal Github for me. Mainly because their simple notification count # is more quiet than their other notification channels. One of the only quiet browser notifies though…
      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 5:30pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • NelsonMinar.dont twitter.com/nelson
      The only one I've enabled so far is Mastodon. And I regret that, honestly. It's not unreasonable but it's unnecessary. In general life is better without all the distractions of app notifications.
      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 3:22pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Zachary Dunn adhoc.systems
      I'd love to add push support to my social reader. Getting notifications for webmentions would be really nice. Sites where you kick off some kind of job/process could notify you about changes in status, sites for delivery tracking could notify you about status updates.
      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 6:05am -08:00
    • toddgrotenhuis micro.blog/toddgrotenhuis

      @aaronpk none

      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 12:16pm +00:00
    • Federico klez Culloca twitter.com/FedericoCulloca
      Web applications: Telegram Web notifications, OSD for Deezer, new articles in FreshRSS. Proper (as in "mainly textual content") sites: none.
      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 7:28am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Jeremy Zawodny twitter.com/jzawodn
      None ever.
      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 5:53am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • hjalm micro.blog/hjalm

      @aaronpk I’m a career IT pro and I’m notified out. I don’t use browser notifications and I agree with the earlier statement that’s what RSS is for

      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 3:30am +00:00
    • Alex Cio twitter.com/alexcio_
      I think I did it once and it started to annoy me after some days ^^ I was always wondering if anybody does use it effectively. For me there are mails, calendar & pc updates the only things I want my computer to notify me. My phone does the rest.
      Thu, Feb 3, 2022 1:04am +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Šime (she-meh) 🦊 twitter.com/simevidas
      Wordle, when there’s a new word.
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 10:10pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Jon ā˜Žļø mastodon.sdf.org/@jfred

      @aaronpk Chat clients, some social networks (I turn them on for Mastodon), some email (though which emails do notify better be highly configurable if so)... communication platforms, basically

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:31pm +00:00
    • amit micro.blog/amit

      @aaronpk It become so common place that I have trained myself to unsee them and just click Block. My notification pane is a very valuable estate.

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:00pm +00:00
    • Gidi Kroon friendica.gidikroon.eu/profile/gidi
      Sites that are actually apps, like webmail, Mastodon, etc. Definitely not all those random sites that ask, upon your first visit, before you even know whether the site would be worth it.
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 7:00pm +00:00
    • Seán Kelleher twitter.com/smortimerk
      I'm building a recipe app, I have an idea to have notifications to prompt you if you need to prepare certain ingredients - like soaking beans/chickpeas the day before they're needed, etc.
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 6:47pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • manton micro.blog/manton

      @aaronpk I keep my notifications from apps very minimal (mostly just chat mentions, and hide almost all app icon badges), so for browser notifications it would be similar... Web applications where something is kind of important to see soon.

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 6:10pm +00:00
    • Sean O twitter.com/sposhe
      I have never—not once—enabled notifications from any website.
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 6:04pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Tomas Quinones twitter.com/tomas_quinones
      Zero websites. I already get Gcal notifications on my phones, watches, and iPad.
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 6:00pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • kimberlyhirsh micro.blog/kimberlyhirsh

      @aaronpk Literally none.

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:52pm +00:00
    • peroty micro.blog/peroty

      @aaronpk That's what RSS is for.

      Maybe if I was playing a turn based game in a browser. But never for a news site, blog, or store.

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:48pm +00:00
    • Alex @ Plane Sailing Games twitter.com/NAlexWhite
      I've never clicked 'Allow'. If they want me to know what is happening, offer me a decent RSS feed ;-)
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:41pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Nathan DeGruchy fosstodon.org/@nathand

      @aaronpk Webmail/calendar/reminders is a good use. Online project management suites or chat interfaces (on mention, for instance)

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:30pm +00:00
    • Anthony Sorace pdx.social/@a

      @aaronpk I have never said yes, nor wished any site offered it.

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:29pm +00:00
    • Sam Machin twitter.com/sammachin
      Communications apps, so if someone joins my webrtc meeting room. That’s about it
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:24pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • jsonbecker micro.blog/jsonbecker

      @aaronpk I never use them, but people who like webmail, web calendars, and web chat... I can see wanting notifications from those kinds of tools.

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:21pm +00:00
    • Kenichi Nakamura twitter.com/kenichi_pdx
      I’m building a liveview page for vendors that updates when their items are sold. I was thinking this would be a good use case. Not recipes :)
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:21pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Charles Stanhope social.coop/@cstanhope

      @aaronpk Just this one (Mastodon web UI).

      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:20pm +00:00
    • Ben Bjurstrom twitter.com/benbjurstrom
      Maybe something like GitHub actions triggered by my commits? Not sure if it’s possible.
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:19pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
    • Sean Wiese twitter.com/dswiese
      never once have clicked "allow"
      Wed, Feb 2, 2022 5:15pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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