In a blog post yesterday, Google outlined plans for a less intrusive permission UI for Chrome’s notification feature. Chrome’s current permission UI spawns a pop-up box near the address bar, which covers Web content and is one of the many annoying pop-ups that can spawn when a website loads, alongside “subscribe to our site/newsletter” and “this site uses cookies.”
Google’s post says that, while notifications are “an essential capability for a wide range of applications,” Chrome’s permission pop-up is also “a common complaint” among users that “interrupt[s] the user’s workflow and result[s] in a bad user experience.” To address these complaints, Chrome 80 will introduce a quieter notification UI.
