Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
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Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
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Re: Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
#2I think that no matter what solution the browsers decide on, we will always have to fight the “pre-permission prompts” from websites. These are the homemade prompts in JS and html that the sites pop up that essentially ask if you want to be prompted for the real permission. Once you click accept on their dialog, they hit the real browser api to show the native dialog.
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#3Yes! I hate the notifications prompt showing up on the landing page of a website. I definitely support the browser blocking nuisances until there's user interaction, things such as: sound, videos, popups, and request for permissions.
Re: Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
#4I think that no matter what solution the browsers decide on, we will always have to fight the “pre-permission prompts” from websites. These are the homemade prompts in JS and html that the sites pop up that essentially ask if you want to be prompted for the real permission. Once you click accept on their dialog, they hit the real browser api to show the native dialog.
At least those can be blocked with adblockers.
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#5god forbid you leave firefox set to never remember history, you don't get the option to block sites forever. So every time you hit a reddit link it will gleefully present you with a prompt about notification permissions.
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#6Websites should not ask users for permission notifications. It only annoys the people using it. It is a bad idea!
If users are interested enough in your content, they will find a way to opt-in for notifications like email; an opt-in for notifications button or even RSS. Why would website owners assume that users want to get notifications only after 5 seconds of visiting a random site?
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#7I welcome this change. Notification prompts have lately become the new popups. Almost every WordPress blog under the sun now is nagging for notifications.
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#8As a user, I don't even really understand what a "notification" is but it sounds annoying. I don't think I've ever allowed them when prompted. I didn't realize until reading this that I could disable these prompts entirely, but I have just done that.
Re: Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
#9Websites should not ask users for permission notifications. It only annoys the people using it. It is a bad idea! If users are interested enough in your content, they will find a way to opt-in for notifications like email; an opt-in for notifications button or even RSS. Why would website owners assume that users want to get notifications only after 5 seconds of visiting a random site?
Some of them do have legitimate uses, like chat apps (messages.android.com for example). Otherwise though I do agree that they are a fairly bad idea.
Re: Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
#10god forbid you leave firefox set to never remember history, you don't get the option to block sites forever. So every time you hit a reddit link it will gleefully present you with a prompt about notification permissions.
Wow thank you for pointing that out. I have always set my browsers to never remember history, if I want to remember it, I will use a bookmark. Consequently Reddit mobile will totally spam me, making it even more unusable than before.