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ie-web-notifications / ie-web-notifications.github.io

IE Web Notifications (desktop notifications)
http://ie-web-notifications.github.io/
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Won't work if website is pinned to the taskbar. #12

Closed ghaschel closed 8 years ago

ghaschel commented 8 years ago

Apparently "Notification" in window returns false if the website is pinned to the taskbar (dragging and droping it to the taskbar).

Running IE11 on Windows 7.

ie-web-notifications commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the report. Unfortunately it is a user experience feature of Internet Explorer, BHOs are disabled for pinned sites.

The pinned site window automatically starts an isolated instance of Internet Explorer that runs in a special mode (note that Browser Helper Objects and other toolbars are not enabled in this Internet Explorer mode) Pinned Sites: Windows 7 Desktop Integration with Internet Explorer 9

The reason Add-ons don't run on pinned sites is that we wanted to remove any non-site specific extension points (like toolbars and BHOs) from altering the original browsing experience created by the site. User Experiences: Customizing Pinned Sites # comment