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You need to be logged in, then enable the Free Nodelet in your Nodelet Settings, and in your Free Nodelet Settings, paste the following, and on supported browsers you'll get a checkbox "☐ New Node Notifications" above your nodelets that you can turn on, and you'll get a browser notification for each new node that is posted.

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-xNzN2a4ltkB44Mc/Jz3pT4iU1cmeR0FkXs4pru/JxaQ="
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="/?displaytype=displaycode;node_id=11116359;part=2"
  type="text/javascript"></script>
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(If you've already got jQuery loaded from another nodelet hack, you don't need to put that <script> tag twice, of course.)

The notifications are disabled by default because if you have multiple tabs open to PerlMonks, you'd get a notification per tab. If you want to have notifications turned on by default, you can add this before the above <script> tags: "<script> NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLE=true; </script>", and if you additionally want to hide the checkbox, add "NOTIFICATIONS_HIDECB=true;" inside those <script> tags.

I've created a Gist to version-control this code. I'll consider this particular node a "living document", as in I'm not going to add an "Updated" tag every time I make a change - if you want the version history, see the Gist.

"use strict";
$(function () {
    if ( !("Notification" in window) ) {
        console.warn("You've enabled the notifications plugin, but thi
+s browser doesn't seem to support them.");
        return;
    }
    var DEFAULT_FETCHTIME_MS = 30 * 1000;
    var cb = $('<input/>', { type: 'checkbox' });
    if ( !( window["NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLE"] && window["NOTIFICATIONS_HI
+DECB"] ) )
        $('#nodelet_container').before(
            $('<div/>', { style: "font-size: 12px;" }).append(
                $('<label/>', { text: "New Node Notifications" }).prep
+end(cb) ) );
    var notifications_timer;
    var start_notifications = function () {
        var lastfetchtime = Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000);
        var fetchit = function () {
            $.ajax({ url: "/", dataType: "xml",
                    data: { node_id: '30175', xmlstyle: 'flat',
                        sinceunixtime: lastfetchtime, ticker: 'yes' } 
+})
                .done(function (data) {
                    $("NODE", data).each(function () {
                        var node = $(this);
                        var type = node.attr("nodetype");
                        var author = node.attr("authortitle");
                        if ( type == "user" || author == "NodeReaper" 
+) return;
                        var text = author + " posted a new " + type + 
+": " + node.text(); // node.attr("createtime")
                        var uri = "/?" + $.param({ node_id: node.attr(
+"node_id") });
                        console.debug(text, uri);
                        var notification = new Notification('New PerlM
+onks Node', {
                            body: text, icon: "/favicon.ico", badge: "
+/favicon.ico",
                            requireInteraction: true });
                        notification.onclick = function (event) {
                            window.location = uri;
                        };
                    });
                    notifications_timer = setTimeout(fetchit,
                        parseInt($("INFO", data).attr("min_poll_second
+s")) * 1000 + 1000);
                })
                .fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                    console.warn("AJAX error: " + textStatus + " / " +
+ jqXHR.status + " " + errorThrown);
                    notifications_timer = setTimeout(fetchit, DEFAULT_
+FETCHTIME_MS);
                });
            lastfetchtime = Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000);
        };
        notifications_timer = setTimeout(fetchit, DEFAULT_FETCHTIME_MS
+);
        console.debug("Notifications initialized. Timer",
            notifications_timer, "will fire in", DEFAULT_FETCHTIME_MS,
+ "ms");
    }
    cb.change(function () {
        if ( this.checked ) {
            if ( Notification.permission == "default" ) {
                cb.attr("disabled", true);
                Notification.requestPermission(function (result) {
                    cb.removeAttr("disabled");
                    if ( result == "granted" ) start_notifications();
                    else cb[0].checked = false;
                });
            }
            else if ( Notification.permission == "granted" )
                start_notifications();
            else {
                alert("You've denied this page the ability to send not
+ifications, please change this via your browser's settings.");
                this.checked = false;
            }
        }
        else {
            clearTimeout(notifications_timer);
            console.debug("Notifications stopped.");
        }
    });
    if ( window["NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLE"] )
        cb.prop("checked", true).trigger("change");
});
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In reply to [Free Nodelet Hack] Browser Notifications for New Nodes by haukex

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