Support Desktop Notifications

[stefan-niedermann]

It would be a great enhancement, if the News App would support Javascript Desktop Notifications.
This would allow to minimize the Browser Window and get notified about new messages.

Implementation wouldn't be this hard i think, here is the specification with some simple examples:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/notification

[stefan-niedermann]

CC @owncloud/designers

[BernhardPosselt]

Not so sure about this one, the window title shows you the unread count and should be readable from any system that has a taskbar.

I think notifications belong to apps where your response time is critical like mail or chat

[jancborchardt]

I totally agree with @Raydiation here. Notifications should be reserved for things like communication apps or reminders in the Calendar – not something recreational like a newsreader.

[BernhardPosselt]

The implementation would look something like "You have x new unread articles" which pops up every 3 minutes (thats the refresh interval) which forces you to click the notification. I dont think anyone wants this kind of behavior

Closing this then :)

[stefan-niedermann]

@jancborchardt @Raydiation i understand your points, this may not be usefull for normal people.

But i see that this could be an option. If you don't like an option in the news-app itself, i will create a issue in core. this could be a general settings-option in the user-settings-menu:

[jancborchardt]

@stefan-niedermann for core, there’s already the desktop notifications which the sync client provides. It lets you know if other people change something.

[stefan-niedermann]

not everyone uses the sync client - there are people who use the web interface ;) and especially on this point (RSS) the sync client does not provide information. These settings could be opt-in, so user who use the sync client or user who don't want to get notified about new rss-items will not get nerved.

(i would create a ticket in core and discuss there, but for me it is still not sure, if this should not be an option in news app)

[cosenal]

I don't think it's a good idea either (and I don't think it should be filed on core either). Desktop notifications will be provided once we have desktop clients that sync with the app (see your own #509)