Ask HN: How do the new Gmail browser-powered desktop notifications work?

1 pointsby stefanobernardiover 14 years ago

So Google has just soft launched a new feature for Gmail: http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/browser-powered-desktop-notifications-are-coming-to-gmail/<p>I'm wondering how does this actually work? Can I build it for my apps too?<p>Thanks in advance

2 comments

mopokeover 14 years ago

It uses "Web Notifications". You can read the draft spec here: <a href="http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebNotifications/publish/" rel="nofollow">http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebNotifications/publish/</a>

chapelover 14 years ago

Here is a StackOverflow question with a good answer: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2271156/chrome-desktop-notification-example" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2271156/chrome-desktop-no...</a>