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Google Is Removing the Desktop Notification Center From Chrome (chromium.org)

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-don't-need-to-know-things-when-they-happen dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google today announced it is removing the notification center from Chrome for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The reason the company is giving for the change is simple: "In practice, few users visit the notification center." The notification center in Chrome OS will remain. Google said this change will take effect for Windows, Mac, and Linux users "in the upcoming release." To be clear, this is not in reference to yesterday's Chrome 46 launch — the notification center is still there. We thus expect that the notification center will thus be removed in Chrome 47, which is slated to arrive in about six weeks.

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  1. Who used it? by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would I want my web browser to give me desktop notifications? Why the hell would I want a website to give me push notifications even if my browser is closed?

    Somehow apparently Google decided what users really wanted was an annoying and intrusive browser, when nothing could be further from the truth.

    Definitely a feature which needed to be disabled as soon as it was discovered.

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    1. Re:Who used it? by tripleevenfall · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've been looking for something like the notification center ever since I lost my Bonzi Buddy :(

    2. Re:Who used it? by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Keep in mind that they are using it to push chrome apps as desktop apps

      Yeah, not bloody interested.

      It's a web browser. It needs to stay as a web browser. Don't try to integrate with my desktop. Don't create new vectors for shitware to get inroads into my OS. Show me a damned web page, and then STFU.

      Stop trying to make the #*()%^$&*( web browser part of my desktop. It doesn't belong there, and I'm not interested in it.

      It's "innovative" stuff like this which turns into security holes.

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    3. Re:Who used it? by hawguy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Why would I want my web browser to give me desktop notifications? Why the hell would I want a website to give me push notifications even if my browser is closed?

      Somehow apparently Google decided what users really wanted was an annoying and intrusive browser, when nothing could be further from the truth.

      Definitely a feature which needed to be disabled as soon as it was discovered.

      Because you get your emails, calendar appointments, and chat messages in your web browser?

  2. Good by sexconker · · Score: 4, Informative

    The "notifications center" is the fucking shit that lives in the system tray 24/7 and spams you when shittysite.com wants to send you a notification, even after you've closed the tab. Websites pushing notifications that you didn't send a GET request for is an absolutely horrid idea, and I hope this is an indication that Google is giving up on it.

  3. Re:I'm using Google Chrome now by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Informative

    Settings > Show Advanced Settings > Privacy > Content Settings > Notifications.

    Pretty much I went through that whole Content Settings section and selected "oh hell no" on day one of having Chrome.

    Let a web page give push notifications to my desktop? No, hell no, oh god no, please fuck off and go away no. Just no.

    I just want a damned web browser. That's it.

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  4. Pushbullet by craters · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How will this affect Pushbullet (https://www.pushbullet.com/)? I've come to rely on that a lot. I believe it uses Chrome notifications.

  5. W3C Push API by Njovich · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is mostly a change in API, Google is now pushing for the W3C Push API to become the standard for web push notifications. This (amongst other things) allows developers to use the same much more commonly used push code used for Android notifications (Google Cloud Messaging) to send messages to web browsers. As Google is trying to push this API, having it's own internal (and hardly used) competitor doesn't make sense.

  6. Re:Desktop Notification? by ZipK · · Score: 4, Funny

    What spy features?

    Cyanide cigarette, tape recorder camera, dagger shoe, garrote watch, underwater jet pack, oil slick tail pipe.

  7. Re:I'm using Google Chrome now by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let a web page give push notifications to my desktop? No, hell no, oh god no, please fuck off and go away no. Just no.

    I just want a damned web browser. That's it.

    Anyway we can get Mozilla to create survey pages for the various "features" they're cramming into Firefox with multiple choice options like that? Because, I'd like to have just a damned web browser too...

    • Yes
    • No
    • Hell No
    • Oh God No.
    • Please fuck off and go away.
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