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Re:Firefox Can Now Get Push Notifications from Your Favorite... by untog on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:15PM (#10976129)
Of particular note, this also works on Android Chrome. So a site can send push notifications much like an app can. The Facebook mobile site uses it, so I've been able to remove the Facebook app entirely from my phone.

I really wish Apple would implement this as well, as it would remove the requirement for a number of apps that are just thinly wrapped webviews. Sadly, I don't think Apple's business model will allow it...

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Re:Firefox Can Now Get Push Notifications from Your Favorite... by callahad on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:23PM (#10976202)
Apple rolled their own, non-standard Push workalike at https://developer.apple.com/notifications/safari-push-notifi... which is available to members of the $99/yr Mac Developer Program.
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Re:Firefox Can Now Get Push Notifications from Your Favorite... by untog on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:30PM (#10976254)
...on desktop only. Which, in a way, make it even more glaring that they haven't done it on mobile.
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Re:Firefox Can Now Get Push Notifications from Your Favorite... by JohnTHaller on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:21AM (#10978387)
It does make you raise an eyebrow and wonder if they're holding back Safari (which all iOS users have to use in one way or another) to keep people using the app store and giving Apple their 30%.
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Re:Firefox Can Now Get Push Notifications from Your Favorite... by reustle on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @04:37AM (#10979133)
It is a shame, but not surprising, that they are both holding back Safari mobile AND other browsers from rolling their own full browser (chrome)
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Re:Firefox Can Now Get Push Notifications from Your Favorite... by FussyZeus on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @07:56PM (#10977490)
I was wondering why that feature wasn't publicized more, now I understand: It's a dev only thing. Thanks for that, settled my curiosity.
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