web-notifications

Well, A small idea of making an application ran through my mind. But this is the first time I would try to make an application. Till now I have worked on PHP, C++, Ruby with Rails frame work, but all at a beginner level. I am ready to take a bigger leap and learn them extensively if my idea demands so. The requirement is such that the web app gives you a desktop notification. I have seen that happen with a Gmail chat box. All I need to know is, what could be right tools to start with? Does PHP go that far? Or working on Rails would be a better option? Also, is it possible for an average

I'm toying with adding web push notifications to a web app hosted with apps script. To do so, I need to register a service worker and I ran into an error with a cross-domain request. Raw content is hosted from *.googleusercontent.com while the script URL is script.google.com/* . I was able to successfully create an inline worker using this post on creating inline URLs created from a blob with the script. Now I'm stuck at the point of registering the worker in the browser. The following model works: HTML <!-- Display the worker status --> <div id="log"></log> Service Worker <script id="worker"

I'm using the HTML5 notification API to notify the user in Chrome or Firefox. On desktop browsers, it works. However in Chrome 42 for Android, the permission is requested but the notification itself is not displayed. The request code, works on all devices: if ('Notification' in window) { Notification.requestPermission(); } The sending code, works on desktop browser but not on mobile: if ('Notification' in window) { new Notification('Notify you'); } Try the following: navigator.serviceWorker.register('sw.js'); Notification.requestPermission(function(result) { if (result === 'granted') {

My goal is to send Gmail-style desktop notifications in Chrome or Firefox from a web app (let's call it X) that is NOT currently open in the browser, without requiring the user to install an app or extension. It's okay if the user needs to grant permission to receive notifications from X, and it's okay if the browser needs to be open for the notification to appear, as long as X doesn't need to be open in the browser. A solution that doesn't require any browser window to be open would also work. I just spent the day digging into this, and so far I think I've learned: Since OSX Mavericks, it has

I have been reading for past few hours about Push Notification API and Web Notification API . I also discovered that Google & Apple gives push notification service for free via GCM and APNS respectively. I am trying to understand if we can implement push notification to browsers using Desktop Notification, which I believe is what Web Notification API does. I saw a google documentation on how this can be done for Chrome here & here . Now what am still not able to understand is: Can we use GCM/APNS to send push notification to all Web Browsers including Firefox & Safari? If not via GCM can we