Turning on notifications and installing the app

Notifications are real web push, not a badge that only appears while the tab is open. Getting them on your phone takes two steps in this order.

1. Open Settings and turn on the Push notifications switch under Preferences. Your browser will ask for permission; allow it.
2. Click Send test notification next to the switch. It exercises the whole delivery chain rather than faking a toast in the page, so if the test arrives, the real thing will arrive too.
3. On iPhone or iPad, install the app first or push will not work at all. Tap the share button in Safari, then Add to Home Screen, and open the app from there. The prompt that appears at the bottom of the screen walks you through it if you tap How to install.
4. On Android and desktop Chromium browsers, the same prompt offers an Install button instead. Not now parks it for a couple of weeks.
5. If the switch says notifications are blocked in your browser settings, the block is on the browser side and has to be cleared there before the switch will do anything.
6. Turn on Notification sound in the same section if you want a chime alongside the notification.

Read what has arrived on Notifications. Unread rows are highlighted, clicking one opens the record it is about and marks it read on the way, Mark all read clears the badge, and Load older notifications pages backwards until there is nothing left. The bell in the top bar carries the same list in a dropdown.

The app updates itself, so there is nothing to click. An update found while it is starting applies right away. One found mid-session applies the next time you come back to the tab, never while you are typing. After the version changes, a short What’s new dialog lists what shipped, once per version.