Putting this up here as a wish-list item for the future. Mavericks added a pretty cool new feature that lets web apps send push notifications directly to the OS. It requires the user accept the notification subscription via Safari, but after that it doesn't require Safari to be running to receive the notifications.
Putting this up here as a wish-list item for the future. Mavericks added a pretty cool new feature that lets web apps send push notifications directly to the OS. It requires the user accept the notification subscription via Safari, but after that it doesn't require Safari to be running to receive the notifications.
Here's Apple's write up on the tech: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/NotificationProgrammingGuideForWebsites/PushNotifications/PushNotifications.html