No Native Notifications

Disables native desktop notifications, and use the XUL-based notifications instead. The published version only works for macOS. Read the add-on description for Linux and/or other Firefox versions!

What is No Native Notifications?

No Native Notifications is a Firefox add-on that allows you to disable system-specific desktop notifications and revert to notifications implemented using XUL.

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By: Rob W

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Users: 7 ▲ 1

Rating: 5.00 (2)

Version: 0.3resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)

Creation date: 2015-03-09

Weekly download count: NaN

Firefox on Android: Yes

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

notifications

Size: 10.17K

Email: ro*****@robwu.nl

URLs: Website

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# 30377 ▲ 1765

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#26 in notification keyword 10 ▲ 3 #105 in application keyword 12 ▲ 17

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Summary

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Firefox for Linux and macOS use system-specific desktop notifications. This add-on allows you to disable this integration, and revert to notifications that are implemented using XUL.

Firefox 59 and later: Set the alerts.useSystemBackend preference to false (bug 1418287).

MacOS, Firefox 57 and later: install version 0.2 to disable native notifications.

Linux, Firefox 57 and 58: Add-ons cannot disable native notifications. See README, Linux to learn how to disable native notifications. And then disable this add-on.

Firefox 56 and earlier: Install version 0.1 of the add-on.

For more details, see https://github.com/Rob--W/nnnotifier#readme

Safety

Risk impact

No Native Notifications is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

No Native Notifications is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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