Overview

This week in Miscellaneous things, posts centered on tg2web/web app product updates. The main focus was on comments, notification support for logged-in users, and browser push notifications, with repeated notes about iOS/PWA instability.

Key Themes

• Comments and notifications
  • Comments were reported as ready.
  • Notification support was mentioned as available or being added for logged-in users only.

• Web app push notifications
  • Users can enable browser push by tapping the bell icon on a channel page and allowing browser notifications.
  • Notifications can open the related message detail page.

• iOS-specific issues
  • On iOS, notification clicks were described as buggy and not always able to jump directly to a specific post like on desktop.
  • A later update said iOS seemed to work again, but was unstable.

Notable Posts

• Comments ready; notifications limited to logged-in users
  • A post said comments were already implemented, and notifications would also be available, but only for logged-in users.
  • Attached media showed a Notifications screen with comment-related alerts inside tg2web.

• Web app notification flow added
  • Another post explained that web app notifications were implemented: users just need to tap the small bell on the channel page and grant browser push permission.
  • Attached media showed an iOS-style notification preview for a new post in *Miscellaneous things*.

• Follow-up on iOS reliability
  • A follow-up said browser notifications were still worth doing even with reduced iOS usability.
  • Future work mentioned: push notifications for comments and replies.
  • A Stacker News issue was linked as context for the iOS/PWA notification behavior.

Watchlist

• Rollout of comment and reply push notifications
• Whether iOS deep-linking from notifications becomes stable
• Ongoing limitation of notification features to logged-in users