Earlier this year, Microsoft Edge was updated with a new feature that hides annoying browser notification dialogs commonly used by publishers news, social media platforms and websites to constantly feed users with links to their content, spam or even malware.
Browsers only send notifications to users when they are open in the background. If the browser is not running in the background, users may miss important updates such as emails, appointment or reminders programmed through a website or web application (PWA).
Ένα άλλο πρόβλημα με αυτήν την προσέγγιση είναι ότι οι χρήστες αντιμετωπίζουν μια "πλημμύρα" ειδοποιήσεων κατά την εκκίνηση του προγράμματος περιήγησης την επόμενη μέρα.
To address this issue, update Microsoft Edge import now a new feature that uses a new set of APIs for the activation of support for background web notifications.
This will allow Windows 10 users to receive notifications while Microsoft Edge is closed and reduce spam notices by enabling real-time notifications. The feature is rolling out now to anyone using Edge 85 on Windows 10 version 20H1 and 20H2.
Microsoft also provides support for taskbar alerts. This feature was limited to native applications such as Mail & Calendar, Teams, etc. but it also comes with Microsoft Edge, PWA and pinned websites.
Currently, PWAs only work when the browser is open. If you close the browser, you will not see any signals on the taskbar.
For sites that want to use Microsoft Edge bookmarking systems, Microsoft provides instructions here.
