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Comment by meesterdude

9 years ago

As a developer, I would love push notifications in safari. The only alternative is a native app, which is much more work.

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criddell  9 years ago

As a user, I think crappy or unethical web developers would ruin it for everybody. At least with native apps, there's a somewhat consistent way for me to manage notifications (and I have 95% of them turned off).

  • SirZimzim  9 years ago

    So why don't you support the OP then? If Apple got behind PWA development you would see a similar menu for websites.

  • meesterdude  9 years ago

    whats the issue if you're granting permission for them though? just say no if it's from Buzzfeed, yes if it's from my XYZ service - that's all it takes. And - I would expect notification management would need to be similarly accessible.

    Notifications are tough to do as is - and a core user need. You and I might turn them off, but many people rely on them heavily. If I have responsive web app with notifications - that's the dream for me. because I don't want to have to build a native app JUST for that. Nor, should many others need to.

    • criddell  9 years ago

      I may be wrong about this, but it seems like waking up a web app periodically to check for notifications would use a lot more power (and maybe data) than it does for a native app. Web apps in general are going to be less efficient, aren't they?

      So a web app is easier for you, but aren't you really just transferring the cost to your users in the form of battery and data consumption?

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