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Re:Show HN: A browser extension which blocks chat/helpdesk w... by croisillon on Saturday March 16, 2019 @02:47PM (#19409440)
in firefox > options > privacy > permissions > notifications > settings, you have "Block new requests asking to allow notifications"
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Re:Show HN: A browser extension which blocks chat/helpdesk w... by newscracker on Sunday March 17, 2019 @05:12AM (#19413047)
There are sites (can't recall now) that show the notification dialog as a layer that somehow beats the browser setting.
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Re:Show HN: A browser extension which blocks chat/helpdesk w... by techsupporter on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:34AM (#19418898)
The ones I've encountered that appear to bypass Firefox's "no you can't ask" setting are just rendering a mockup of Chrome's, well, chrome over top of the page. It's a pitiful attempt because the UI they're faking looks nothing like the browser I'm actually using (beyond rendering Chrome's UI in a page loaded by Firefox, they'll show Windows OS buttons when I'm using a Mac, or comically they'll do the reverse when Windows is still far and away the most common desktop OS).
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Re:Show HN: A browser extension which blocks chat/helpdesk w... by davidivadavid on Saturday March 16, 2019 @03:36PM (#19409736)
Is there something similar in Chrome?
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Re:Show HN: A browser extension which blocks chat/helpdesk w... by jacekm on Saturday March 16, 2019 @04:41PM (#19410150)
chrome://settings/content/notifications

Change "Ask before sending" -> "Blocked"

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