To combat spam and improve network health, Firefox 72 version from the beginning hidden by default in the browser pop-up notifications, this version is expected to release in January 2020.
In April this year, Mozilla conducted an experiment to understand how users interact with the web page notification. It also studied the different methods of blocking notification excessive intrusion. Survey results show that the vast majority (97%) Firefox users rejected the notice, or completely prevent the site to show notifications.
Therefore, Mozilla engineers decided to start from Firefox 72, Firefox URL bar hidden from the drop-down notification pop-up window, and intends to add notification icon in the URL bar instead. The new notification icon will add swing animation to inform users subscribe to notifications that can be viewed. The user must manually click on icon in the notification popups will appear.
Notification popups feature was first respectively in 2012 and 2013 appear in Chrome 22 and Firefox 22 version of the browser, and comes Notifications API. Its original intention is to allow the site to show notifications, and alerts the user when new content off-label website.
But in recent years, the use of this feature gradually malicious Web site, Notifications API also an ideal way to push spam links to the user. It was once troubled local computer pop-up ads, and today they have been replaced by garbage inform the browser.
Malwarebytes malware analyst of JérômeSegura that "compared to the infected computer clean up, remove the notice has allowed actually much easier." Obviously browser manufacturers have been aware of the risks of this feature, most browser settings to block sites that have been added to display notifications. But only Mozilla taking the lead, notification pop-ups are blocked by default.
Firefox Nightly version has been added to this notification pop-up blocker. Stable version will have to wait until January next year. You can now receive notifications from the site by any browser "Settings" section unsubscribe. Most browsers support the "Settings" section of the search function, users can use it to search for "notification" option, or unsubscribe and block certain sites.
Source: ZDNet