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== What is "Notifications"? == | == What is "Notifications"? == | ||
Notifications is designed to allow brief messages to be sent to a user however they are connected. Somewhere between email and IM lies Notifications. | |||
Notifications are built around a pseudonymous, 256bit+ entropy, public identifier. Sites post messages using that identifier to one of several methods. (URL, Email, etc.) Notifications may be human readable, or opaque, machine readable content. The user has full control over whether or not to receive notifications from a party, allowing for "chatty" or compromised IDs to be disabled or removed. | |||
== Goals == | == Goals == | ||
=== Immediate === | === Immediate === | ||
Revision as of 23:46, 19 January 2012
Info
What is "Notifications"?
Notifications is designed to allow brief messages to be sent to a user however they are connected. Somewhere between email and IM lies Notifications.
Notifications are built around a pseudonymous, 256bit+ entropy, public identifier. Sites post messages using that identifier to one of several methods. (URL, Email, etc.) Notifications may be human readable, or opaque, machine readable content. The user has full control over whether or not to receive notifications from a party, allowing for "chatty" or compromised IDs to be disabled or removed.