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    Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Browser update was released to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux yesterday.
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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    So if Hexus.net posts something I will be notified?

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    first response.... oh joy another thing to fatten up chrome and annoy me with pop ups (I've disabled this). Not to mention additional avenues of data mining for Google (waits for Saracen )

    Now if only there was a built in notification service already built into windows 8 and above.. oh wait..

    I don't use chrome but need to have it installed to test website designs from time to time and it's arguably the most annoying program I have.... it opens on it's own after an update, it takes up resources because it feels it needs to load with windows (haven't found a way to disable this bit) and well it doesn't render as nicely as firefox or ie, not to mention it's a battery hog...

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Cool, I can get spammed with ads even after I've closed a page. Who'd have thought Google would create something like this...

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    I only have it because I refuse to install Flash on my desktop (and Chrome has built in flash), although ie11 has built in flash, so perhaps it's time to uninstall chrome

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Privacy alarm bells are ringing in my head. I don't use Google Chrome anyway

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    This allows sites to send you notifications even if you have closed the associated browser window.
    First response was "oh good, what a useless, stupid idea". But I guess as long as you have to jump through some hoops to opt-in and it's easy to opt-out then I guess I can see a usage case.

    What I'd particularly like though is if this option has to be switched on explicitly in the browser. Though I suspect that this isn't the case...

    That said, I'm having arguments with Chrome at the moment - it randomly (on Windows and Linux) occasionally decides that it's going to switch to another site (simplelink, samplelink, can't remember). But it looks like a browser hijack - but one that I can't find. (Particularly annoying when/if you click through to a Hexus article).

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Quote Originally Posted by LSG501 View Post
    .... Not to mention additional avenues of data mining for Google (waits for Saracen )

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    Coooeeey, I'm here.

    Funnily enough, I'm not bothered by this .......
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    ...... no way would I use a browser from Google in the first place.

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Do people actually still use chrome?

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Isn't this basically a more advanced RSS feed?

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Quote Originally Posted by abaxas View Post
    Do people actually still use chrome?
    supposedly...nearly 64% of users use chrome (browserstats site), I'm not 100% sure if that includes mobile as that would seriously skew the data.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    First response was "oh good, what a useless, stupid idea". But I guess as long as you have to jump through some hoops to opt-in and it's easy to opt-out then I guess I can see a usage case.

    What I'd particularly like though is if this option has to be switched on explicitly in the browser. Though I suspect that this isn't the case...

    That said, I'm having arguments with Chrome at the moment - it randomly (on Windows and Linux) occasionally decides that it's going to switch to another site (simplelink, samplelink, can't remember). But it looks like a browser hijack - but one that I can't find. (Particularly annoying when/if you click through to a Hexus article).

    Shame that Firefox is awful otherwise I'd ditch Chrome. (And anyone who says "use IE" deserves a slap).
    Well, you could try Chromium, which is the project that Google Chrome is based on. I'm not sure what any big differences are between them, as Google engineers also contribute to the Chromium code as far as I know. But, could be worth a shot..

    Quote Originally Posted by Tabbykatze View Post
    Isn't this basically a more advanced RSS feed?
    That's an interesting way to look at it actually. Makes it seem a little less dodgy to me now haha..

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Quote Originally Posted by abaxas View Post
    Do people actually still use chrome?
    I don't use anything else! (Well except IE8 for the work intranet )

    Seems useful to me - I want to get gmail pop ups in the same way as outlook. Previously I use to need to keep the tab open - With this I won't need to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crossy View Post
    Shame that Firefox is awful otherwise I'd ditch Chrome. (And anyone who says "use IE" deserves a slap).
    FF is excellent once you use add-ons and customise it to the way you want. None of that Australis nonsense for me. People often ask me what browser I'm using because it looks so different to the awful vanilla offerings that FF and Chrome are. Even computer literate friends are thrown by the fact that there are no needless forward or backward buttons on my UI. Most people are still stuck in a IE6 mindset when it comes to browsers.
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    FF @ Home.
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    Chrome @ HTC One (Think I'll be changing that now.)

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    Re: Chrome 42 can push notifications from web pages you have closed

    Quote Originally Posted by ZaO View Post
    Well, you could try Chromium, which is the project that Google Chrome is based on. I'm not sure what any big differences are between them, as Google engineers also contribute to the Chromium code as far as I know. But, could be worth a shot..
    Thanks for that - worth a look - especially as it's cross-platform (which I need).
    Quote Originally Posted by iranu View Post
    FF is excellent once you use add-ons and customise it to the way you want. None of that Australis nonsense for me. People often ask me what browser I'm using because it looks so different to the awful vanilla offerings that FF and Chrome are. Even computer literate friends are thrown by the fact that there are no needless forward or backward buttons on my UI. Most people are still stuck in a IE6 mindset when it comes to browsers.
    Strangely enough my objection to FF is that it's a bit ... bulky. I actually use FF on Windows exclusively for banking (heavily loaded with ABP etc) - mainly because I'd trust IE with that as far as Saracen would trust Chrome.
    There's actually sites on the corporate intranet that work better with Firefox, maybe that's why corporate IT have stopped swearing "IE only". And a themed FF looks way better than IE11...
    Quote Originally Posted by Macman View Post
    FF @ Home. / Safari @ Macbook / Chrome @ HTC One (Think I'll be changing that now.)
    Opera and Dolphin might be worth a look on the HTC1.

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