New Feature! New cross platform alerts system - Works on desktop and mobile

You may have noticed your browser requesting permission to Allow browser notifications from the Evolve Forums domain.

Chrome:



Firefox:


This is due to the new alerts system I've just setup. It allows the site to send you browser notifications of new forum thread and conversation alerts even if you're in another browser tab.



It works on Chrome, Firefox and Safari on normal desktop or laptop PCs.

What's particularly cool is that it should also work on Android phoned and other tablet devices

(iOS users will still need to use a 3rd party app such as Pushbullet or Pushover as . Instructions here. I believe we have to wait until Safari is service worker ready before we can get it working on iOS)



It's really easy to turn them off and on, so you have full control over them.

On desktop you can use the bell in the bottom left hand corner of the screen to subscribe or unsubscribe like so:

Subscribe:






Unsubscribe:






The button will only work if you have given your browser permission to serve notifications from this domain.

Let me know how you get on and if it works well for you!

I'd particularly like to hear from any Android users to see how it works on mobile.

Cheers,
Alex

 

How to enable notifications if you previously blocked the browser request:

If you previously denied the permission, but want to try it. You may need to manually give this domain notification permissions. You can usually do this by clicking the lock on chrome:




For Firefox you can visit Tools -> Page Info




Then select the Permissions tab, uncheck the default check box, which should allow you to select the Allow radio button.





In Safari you want to go to Safari -> Preferences




Then go to the notifications tab, and select the Allow radio button next to Evolve Forums

 

Hehe, you are the chosen one!