Re: Auto closing of notifications

> On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Jon Lee <jonlee@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> [This is a draft WG reply to the Jasper's last call comments. Comments on the proposed resolution are welcome; if no one objects in a week’s time, this will be the WG’s official response to his comment. -Jon]
> 
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@mecheye.net> wrote:
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>> Something we added recent in GNOME for desktop apps was support for persistent notifications. Notifications used to auto-close, because any actions would be unavailable after the app closed.
>> 
>> The way we solved this was to use DBus activation to send apps a message when they restart.
>> 
>> I wonder if something similar could be done in the web world; instead of using live callbacks, have the user agent navigate to a specific URL in the originating tab / a new tab, which the web app could detect and do things on?
> 
> Some notification platforms may track the originating page already; for others this might be an unacceptable requirement. What happens after the user leaves the originating page is out of scope of the spec.
> 
> Please let us know promptly whether this response satisfies your comments and suggestions.

Given the length of time that has passed since this last comment, I will proceed with the assumption that the reviewer has accepted my comments. (If you don’t accept them, please let us know!)

Jon

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