Notifications blocking not working
I have Notifications blocking set to all websites. However, I was surprised to come to the website below and have a Notifications permission request pop up. What's the deal?
Also, related - in Preferences, under Content Blocking, it says:
"Heads up!
Blocking cookies and trackers can cause some websites to break. It’s easy to disable blocking for sites you trust. Learn how"
But when I click on the Learn how link, it doesn't tell me how.
When I click on the Manage Exceptions button right next to the Content Blocking heading, I get a pop up that says, "Exceptions - Content Blocking" and "you have disabled content blocking on these websites." Yet there's no way to add any URL provided there.
When I go to a website that I want to not block tracking on, I click on the lock or shield symbol, and click on Permissions and am taken to the pop up and again cannot add this website address.
How am I supposed to set any Permissions if this functionality doesn't actually work?
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cor-el said
There is a checkbox at the bottom of the notification settings page in "Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security" to block new requests to allow notifications. If this box is checked then Firefox won't ask for permission. Otherwise this should work with the default setting.
After Privacy/Security, it is in the Permissions box. Never had to do it before - or I do not remember.
Thank you for letting me know.
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seacleer said
I have Notifications blocking set to all websites. However, I was surprised to come to the website below and have a Notifications permission request pop up. What's the deal? https://www.tckpublishing.com
This is not a Firefox Notification Doorhanger, but just an element of this particular website.
And when I go to the link you provide, near the bottom it says:
"You can set Firefox to automatically deny permission without asking. "
This is what I have done, and yet I got asked anyway, when I shouldn't have been.
This is not a Notification, but a part of this website. You can't really force the website to not have a question anywhere in a text.
You can click Allow or Deny. Nothing will be granted, and this box will dissapear.
The instructions I cited are specifically about Push Notifications.
"When I go to a website that I want to not block tracking on, I click on the lock or shield symbol, and click on Permissions and am taken to the pop up and again cannot add this website address.
How am I supposed to set any Permissions if this functionality doesn't actually work?" - @seacleer
I totally agree with that. You can only enable/disable when a site ask you to do it. We should be able to add a site to that list whenever we want.
I disabled all notifications, yet I am still being asked. This did not happen prior to recent update to Quantum v 66.0.3, which updated since yesterday.
I went to about:config to disable all. Entered: dom.webnotifications.enabled to change to FALSE. It was already set to false (I changed it yesterday).
Not working. Any suggestions why?
Modified by CiaoBella1
There is a checkbox at the bottom of the notification settings page in "Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security" to block new requests to allow notifications. If this box is checked then Firefox won't ask for permission. Otherwise this should work with the default setting.
Modified by cor-el
You can try to create a cookie allow exception with the proper protocol (https:// or http://) to see whether that gives you a permission prompt for the notification.
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cor-el said
There is a checkbox at the bottom of the notification settings page in "Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security" to block new requests to allow notifications. If this box is checked then Firefox won't ask for permission. Otherwise this should work with the default setting.
After Privacy/Security, it is in the Permissions box. Never had to do it before - or I do not remember.
Thank you for letting me know.
The whole point of this thread being created is that checking that box doesn't stop sites from asking permission.
seacleer said
The whole point of this thread being created is that checking that box doesn't stop sites from asking permission.
You have to go to about:configure. Have you done that? The point should be to stop the sites from asking. That box is not getting at the root of the problem - at least in my opinion.