[nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications] Desktop Notifications (like GMail)

pwFoo

Thanks, installed it for testing at my mobile.
Should be available as plugin after NodeBB 0.5 release.
But needs a additional client sie Plugin / APP.

shri

@psychobunny is this still active?

Have it on our test forum and a couple of issues.

Don't seem to get notifications in Chrome on Android. Testing further to check if it works on Firefox on Android.
Is there any way in which the notifications can be throttled? Noticed a flood of notifications when we started clicking multiple times on the upvote button. Could lead to a very annoying experience for users if someone exploits this.

psychobunny

1 - Mobile notifications only work on very few mobile browsers today: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/notification (click on the mobile tab under Browser Compatibility). We also have the pushbullet plugin (which requires a 3rd party app, but works on all mobile devices)

2 - Notification throttling is probably something to think about for core. This plugin just pushes the notifications that come in through the system, so best handled higher up

lombisi

plugin does not work.

nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications 0.2.2
nodebb 0.8.2

julian

You'll need to provide more information, as the plugin does work in our dev environments. What errors do you see?

lombisi

i Nodebb-plugin-pushbullet updated. improved.

lulzdev

@lombisi said:

plugin does not work.
nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications 0.2.2

Dang, was hoping for a privacy-friendly alternative to Pushbullet. The permissions on pushbullet are too much.

teh_g

Is this still being maintained? It looks like this isn't flagged as supporting 1.4 yet. Want me to put in a GitHub issue?

PitaJ

@teh_g I'd like to see either this plugin or something similar support ServiceWorkers and push notifications.

teh_g

@PitaJ I agree. That would be great.

btc

What's the current status regarding mobile push notifications? The github says they're supported but I don't get them in Chrome for Android...

julian

They should work by going through the browser push notifications, though I personally don't have them enabled.

When installed, the plugin should prompt you to allow notifications via a toaster alert at the bottom of the screen. Looks like this:

meredrica

Sorry for the necro, but for me the plugin seems broken. - As far as I can see, the code on github looks fine. Anyone has an idea?

PitaJ

In what way is it broken?

meredrica

The popup asking for permission is there, after that nothing is happening. I checked the server and browser log, no errors.

Tried on Chrome mobile, Linux and Windows and the progressive web app.

PitaJ

Just to be clear, a tab is open when you are testing the notifications, right?

meredrica

@PitaJ yes. I tried mentions and chat, no notifications

meredrica

@PitaJ I'd be more than happy to help. Without notifications that work on mobile a forum will have a very hard time to take off/be an alternative to facebook and whatsapp.

meredrica

@PitaJ I have literally no clue what happened, but it works now.
All I did was disable the addon, wait a few days, reenable it and restart nodebb

meredrica

Ok after a few days of testing:

After allowing notifications the tab has to be closed and reopened for them to work.
I can't find a way to make them work on Chrome mobile or the PWA.
Chat messages play the sound on mobile... sometimes. I think the chat has to be opened for this first.
There are no desktop notifications for chat messages

I'm pretty close to giving up and moving to another forum software... which would be a real shame since NodeBB offers everything else that I need and I wrote an LDAP plugin.