The web is getting pushy - Phil Nash

Warning

• Live coding
• ES6
• Audience Participation

Web vs Native

• we have
  • geolocation
  • accelerometer
  • peer-to-peer video chat
  • push notification (new)

Notifications

• our page can live update while we're on the tab but as soon as we leave it, we lose what's going on

• notifications in all bar IE (under consideration for Edge)

• Notification.requestPermission()

• if (Notification.permission === 'granted')

• new Notification({from, message})

• but these go away, we lose the notifications

• Service Worker allows for offline notifications

• supported in Chrome, Firefox behind a flag, and Opera (under consideration for Edge)

• push notification Chrome, Firefox, (soon for opera), (under consideration for Edge)

• jakearchibald.github.io/isserviceworkerready

• chrome://serviceworker-internals
• notifications don't work when chrome is in full screen mode
• with great power, comes great responsibility... don't spam the user