Lack of interest No More Having to Keep a Tab Open for Custom Alerts and Similar Actions

[The Dark Wizard]

xF 2.2 came with superior cron support that wasn't entirely based on just site activity. Could we get Custom Alerts and similar actions sent via Background, please?

This would be a boon for the bigger xF sites out there, so we don't have to keep a browser tab open for hours.

 

[digitalpoint]

Wouldn't push notifications (which are already there) be a better option than keeping a browser window open?

 

[The Dark Wizard]

Wouldn't push notifications (which are already there) be a better option than keeping a browser window open?

Hi digitalpoint,

I don't understand your comment in relation to mine.

xF has several features that allow you to contact users (via alerts, emails, or even mass PMs) but you have to keep a browser tab open so that it can process users in batches.

My suggestion was about making sure that nothing in xF involves an admin having to leave a browser tab anymore to process. Though while we are at it, Push notifications should definitely be a queue job and not sent immediately when an alert is.

 

[digitalpoint]

Oops, I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about end-users being able to keep a browser window open to get alerts.

 

[The Dark Wizard]

Oops, I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about end-users being able to keep a browser window open to get alerts.

I'm glad, that is not the case.

I just bring up every so often the fact that these leftover parts of the software should be asynchronous and in the background.