Real-time desktop notifications for the Stack Exchange.

Latest Version

Version

2.2

Update

September 15, 2021

Size

26.63KiB

Developer

Desktop Notifications for Stack Exchange Extension

Key features:

- Real-time desktop notifications for the inbox of any user.
- Configurable behaviour for clicking on the notification.
- Opt-in to keep the extension running when Chrome is closed.
- Don't want to receive notifications any more? Visit options and click on Stop.
- Unread count displayed on button.
- Desktop notifications can be disabled.
- Your StackExchange inbox is shown in the panel at the extension button.

After installation, request an API token at the options page to get real-time notifications of new messages.
Alternatively, only set a StackExchange ID without granting the token. (not recommended, because this token is needed for getting the unread count at any given time).

Permissions warnings:

- Notifications - To display desktop notifications
- Tabs - To focus the new window after clicking on the notification

Also available as a Firefox Add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/real-time-desktop-notificat/

Support and information:
https://stackapps.com/q/3780/9699

Privacy policy:
You may specify a StackExchange ID (and optionally use StackExchange's mechanism to grant an StackExchange API token) to enable the extension to function. This data is stored locally only, and only used with the StackExchange API to receive notifications for inbox messages. No other data is collected, and the data is not used for any other purpose.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Desktop Notifications for Stack Exchange", "description": "Real-time desktop notifications for the Stack Exchange.", "homepage_url": "https://stackapps.com/q/3780/9699", "version": "2.2", "manifest_version": 2, "background": { "scripts": [ "localStorage-proxy.js", "stackexchange-inbox-api.js", "stackexchange-inbox-api-chrome.js", "using-websocket.js", "bridge.js" ] }, "content_scripts": [{ "matches": ["https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success*"], "run_at": "document_end", "js": ["login_success.js"] }], "options_ui": { "page": "options.html" }, "optional_permissions": [ "background" ], "browser_action": { "default_popup": "inbox.html", "default_icon": { "19": "icon19.png", "38": "icon38.png" } }, "icons": { "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon.png" }, "permissions": [ "https://api.stackexchange.com/*", "notifications", "storage", "tabs" ], "web_accessible_resources": [ "icon.png" ]}

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User reviews

Alina Kravchenko (ID: 000000059a2c0266) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/14/2021 Does what it's supposed to do

Bean (ID: 00000080e0261936) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/02/2020 Excellent. It's very useful. But I don't want to get notified by this extension while I'm in a Stack Exchange website because the website itself notifies me. Thanks!

Robert Orzanna (ID: 0000001576b1cdfa) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/09/2016 Simply great to receive instant notifications of follow-up!

Jeremy Paulding (ID: 0000000827bfabdf) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 12/11/2013 Does exactly what it says. Very handy for staying on top of 'recent' Q&A. Update: after further use, there's a couple of things that keep this from being ideal for me: - notification persist until interacted with. maybe good for some, but my preference would be a growl that goes away after a little time. perhaps this could be a setting? - squelch could be handy. or snooze for N minutes. some way to keep an active thread from getting spammy and interrupting other work. Very handy, though, and I'll be continuing to use even w/o improvements.

Tim Post (ID: 000000ce546df228) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/19/2012 Quite handy, any plans for adding local squelch settings?

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Desktop Notifications for Stack Exchange