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

Chris

@psychobunny Update to this: I've noticed duplicate notifications and old notifications popping up when I have two different nodebb forums open. Ie - this one and mine. I got a reply to a post on my forum and two notifications from this one also popped up - even though they were not new.

psychobunny

Interesting... okay. Thanks for looking into this! @julian and @trevor have been on my back to update this plugin as well so I should take a look at it soon

xCausxn

For some reason i have enabled the notifications plugin but i do not get prompted whether to allow notifications or not?

Any ideas?

cani

@xCausxn I initially had that issue, forgot what I did to get it working. Try restarting server, clearing cache?

xCausxn

Done that multiple times now

psychobunny

What browser are you using? Desktop notifications won't work on older browsers and probably any version of IE that gets released in the next 20 years

xCausxn

For some reason its working fine now, ive always had Latest versions of chrome and firefox

a_5mith

Is there a magic trick to get these working on Android? I've got a Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Logged in using Chrome, don't get any push notifications. Does it only work on default browser?

psychobunny

Just looked it up, chrome mobile doesn't support push notifications just yet (maybe beta builds might). Surprisingly mobile Opera and blackberry works, as well as Firefox

a_5mith

@psychobunny Thanks, thought it would be something like that, I'll try with the stock browser or Firefox.

psychobunny

This looks interesting: https://developer.apple.com/notifications/safari-push-notifications/

Carl

I love this

pwFoo

Desktop / mobile notification is a great forum feature! Would love it!

Works with Firefox for Android sound only (no visual notification).
No success with Chrome and Firefox @ linux desktop and Chrome @ Android.

Have to test it with a windows machine soon...

Update
NodeBB v0.4.3
nodebb-plugin-vibration-notifications (via admin panel)
nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications (via admin panel)

julian

Unless I'm mistaken, PushBullet should still be working fine, and provides desktop notifications if you have the Pushbullet browser plugins installed

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.