Mozilla is working on the possibility for websites to give users push notifications to send. Therefore, it can webmaildienst, for example, users notify you of any new e-mails, even if the website does not open.
Developer Jeff Balogh of Mozilla writes on his blog. The push notifications have both the desktop browser and the mobile versions of Firefox go to work, though it is still unknown when they will be integrated.
The notification system relies on a notificatieserver who is the intermediary between the website and the client; the web site sends the notification to the notificatieserver, then the pushmededeling delivers. If users on multiple devices, notifications, enable, prevent as far as possible that they are the same message multiple times.
The system differs with the push notifications that Google Chrome has to offer and, among others, by Gmail to be used. That push notifications work only when the website that the push notifications it sends, is open. Because the system is of Firefox otherwise furnished, no need to do that.
A website can be done via a javascript-api to a user for permission to push notifications to send. Given the website permission, then Firefox is the browser to a unique url. Notifications can be sent with a post request to that url where a json object is packed.
The website may include an icon and a title to a notification message, as well as a url that must be visited when the notification is clicked. A user can also choose to log off again for notifications. The website will then be notified of the termination, but how that happens is still unclear.
How well the communication between web server, notificatieserver and client is protected, is still unclear. According to Mozilla should the ‘not easy’ to data read out, for example if they have an open wi-fi network, be received. Encryption is optional, however. Possible is, therefore, a simple encryption of the notifications.
In addition, it is still unknown who is responsible for the notificatieservers. It may be that Mozilla is a central notificatieserver intent, but it is not clear whether the non-profit organization that looks sit. Websites would also be responsible or may be held responsible for their own notificatieserver; it is a little more complicated to push notifications, to turn.