Solved Firefox 130 Desktop notifications now appear in a browser pop up

[NapoleonWils0n]

Firefox 130 Desktop notifications now appear in a browser pop up window
instead of in your notification center on your desktop

i use the emacs desktop notification center for my desktop notifications
so i would get desktop notifications from youtube when i got a comment on a video in an emacs buffer

which is good because then you have a list of all the notification in the ednc buffer

now the desktop notifications appear in a firefox window which disappears if you click it
and you have no record of the notifications

there must be a setting in about:config
to disable the browser notifications and use the system notifications

but i havent found it yet

you can test desktop notifications on this site
by clicking authorize and then show

HTML5 Web Notifications Test - Bennish.net

A test page for HTML5 Web Notifications - small boxes that pop-up to notify you of activity even if you don't have your web browser as the active window

www.bennish.net

Firefox 130 Desktop notification in a browser window instead of using the system notification

 

[Phishfry]

I locked firefox at 126.x
Read something about new advertising scheme in the background in 128.

We need a uni to spit out a new Mosaic.

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

i managed to fix the issue

open about:config in firefox

about:config

search for alerts

toggle this setting to true

alerts.useSystemBackend

or create a user.js file in your firefox profile directory
with the following setting

// desktop notifications
user_pref("alerts.useSystemBackend", true);

problem solved

 

[Phishfry]

I hate when new features are turned on by default. Then hidden away.

Otter and Falkon (QT5-only) are no alternatives. They need some help to get usable.

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

its even more annoying when they arent listed in the ui
and you have to search for obscure settings in about:config