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Use a Windows/OSX like GUI in the browser to share files cross OS privately. No cloud, no server, no third party.
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OS Notification of text messages #112

Open prettydiff opened 3 years ago

prettydiff commented 3 years ago

This functionality is achieved in Windows 10. When a text message comes into the browser while the browser is not the active window it blinks orange in the taskbar. Unfortunately, I only know how to achieve this effect in Windows.

See: https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems/blob/master/lib/terminal/server/osNotification.ts

I am looking for guidance to achieve a similar effect on other operating systems.

terrablue commented 2 years ago

Have you considered the Web Notifications API (https://caniuse.com/notifications)? If you're willing to forgo Safari iOS support, it might be a possibility.

I have also seen something like a notification count API that actually shows a small number next to the browser icon, but I can't find it at the moment.

terrablue commented 2 years ago

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

There we go. Though this hasn't seen much adoption beyond Chrome-like Windows/macOS.