how to stop add-ons from interrupting my firefox page with their switching my tabs to tell me they updated?
hi,
i just had my firefox page interrupted by an add-on switching me to new tab telling me they just updated me successfully.
so, i began searching firefox help info and settings to try to learn how to stop this. i finally found your help page: "Web Push notifications in Firefox"-- which i don't know anything about, but am guessing might be the same thing (?) then, so i clicked on the add-on info's link and it led me to their webpage: http://barisderin.com/?p=1113 there i clicked the i icon in the left of address bar, and it brought up the permissions. however, there was no choice to click any menu next to Permissions to choose a notification option: Always Ask, Allow, or Block. All it says there is "you have not granted this site any special permissions." And yet, i just 5 minutes ago had my firefox page interrupted by their switching me to new tab telling me they just updated my app successfully.(?) well, I want the updates, but i don't want them (nor any other app) announcing to me suddenly everytime they do so.
i am not sure how to get this to work? (i've also regularly been interrupted by the google add-ons, which i also want to keep, but only not get those disruptions!)
thanks for any guidance!
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i finally found your help page: "Web Push notifications in Firefox"-- which i don't know anything about, but am guessing might be the same thing (?)
You're guessing wrong. Check the add-on options whether you can disable the update notification. Otherwise contact the add-on author.
okay, thanks for the info! so then, what exactly is that :"web push notifications", as compared to the add-on's "disable the update notifications"?-- since the FF help page says it's about choosing a notification option? ( Always Ask, Allow, or Block...) since i failed to understand that help page, would you be so kind as to explain very simply-- perhaps share an example of an instance or two,
in which i'd want to block the web push notifications, instead of disable the update notifications?
so i can get it straight in my muddled brain, ya! ;)
i'm also wondering-- do you have any idea why, no matter what webpage i've tried (so far anyway), when i try clicking the "i" icon in the left of address bar, and it brings up the permissions, there is no choice to click any menu next to Permissions to choose a notification option: (Always Ask, Allow, or Block), even though the help page says there should be?
(All it ever says there is "you have not granted this site any special permissions.")
christ1 said
i finally found your help page: "Web Push notifications in Firefox"-- which i don't know anything about, but am guessing might be the same thing (?)You're guessing wrong. Check the add-on options whether you can disable the update notification. Otherwise contact the add-on author.
okay, thanks for the info! so then, what exactly is that :"web push notifications", as compared to the add-on's "disable the update notifications"?-- since the FF help page says it's about choosing a notification option? ( Always Ask, Allow, or Block...) since i failed to understand that help page, would you be so kind as to explain very simply-- perhaps share an example of an instance or two,
in which i'd want to block the web push notifications, instead of disable the update notifications?
so i can get it straight in my muddled brain, ya! ;)
i'm also wondering-- do you have any idea why, no matter what webpage i've tried (so far anyway), when i try clicking the "i" icon in the left of address bar, and it brings up the permissions, there is no choice to click any menu next to Permissions to choose a notification option: (Always Ask, Allow, or Block), even though the help page says there should be?
(All it ever says there is "you have not granted this site any special permissions.")
what exactly is that :"web push notifications"
See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox