I'm excited to see support for Web Push. I realize that most people associate it with spammy sites asking for permission to send you notifications you don't want, but I think it hasn't really been given a chance because it lacks iOS support.
Some things that it enables:
- Low-friction asynchronous turn-based games (think “Words with Friends” but you don't have to install an app)
- Single-purpose alerts (like CamelCamelCamel) or stock alerts without cluttering your email inbox
- Easily scriptable notifications from your own code (I run notify.run which provides an HTTPS-to-WebPush bridge so you can send yourself a push notification from curl)
Some things that it enables:
- Low-friction asynchronous turn-based games (think “Words with Friends” but you don't have to install an app)
- Single-purpose alerts (like CamelCamelCamel) or stock alerts without cluttering your email inbox
- Easily scriptable notifications from your own code (I run notify.run which provides an HTTPS-to-WebPush bridge so you can send yourself a push notification from curl)