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cloud messaging
Everything you need to know about Google Cloud Messaging (GCM), now Firebase Cloud Messaging, and how it works.
email notifications
An overview of the most important things to look for when choosing an email API service, from deliverability to speed and more.
chrome push notifications
These 50 expert tips and best practices will help you create more effective web browser push notifications.
app push notifications
Everything you need to know about push notifications, how they work, and how to create push notifications in Android.
email notifications
Learn about transactional email, how it works, and an overview of common transactional email use cases.
app push notifications
Learn about notification APIs, how they work, and the most commonly used notification APIs.
app push notifications
Learn about push notifications and SMS text messages and how they're different in terms of compatible devices, delivery medium, and more.
app push notifications
A step-by-step guide to setting up Android push notifications using the Firebase Cloud Messaging service.
app push notifications
A step-by-step guide on how to implement React Native push notifications with Firebase, including how to send push notifications from FCM.
notifications
Learn how Chrome push notifications can boost your business, from converting users to increasing user engagement, increasing retention, and more.
web push notifications
Learn about push notifications, how they differ from pull notifications, how they work, and the benefits of using push notifications.
design
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remote-work
How you can bring a team together, establish empathy, and build effective processes.
react
Learn about Toast messages for Android and how to display Toast messages in React Native for Android.
rubyonrails
Learn about the importance of email validation and how to validate email in Ruby on Rails.
notifications
We’re going to take a look at how to design a notification system that helps your users avoid notification fatigue.
notifications
We’ll break down the implications of the constant flow of notifications to app users. We delve into the negative effects on individuals in the form of alert fatigue and the subsequent negative implications for apps and their notification success.
design
UX accessibility can be complex. We’re going to take a look at tools and resources that aide designers and developers with creating an accessible experience.
design
Designing and developing for app accessibility is important. We’re going to take a look at some challenges designers and developers might face when implementing features like a notification system.
react
Instead of spending valuable developer hours writing your own solution for notifications, get up and running with MagicBell quickly. We’re going to go over our React SDK, the React-headless component, and Browser JS.
notifications
Design best practices should be applied to every part of your product, including notifications. We're going to take a look at how to get started designing effective notifications.
notifications
A guide on how to send web push notifications through MagicBell from your own domain
react
Building a custom notification component can be more complex than it first appears. We’re going to take a look at how involved the process can be to build custom notification components.
notifications
We’re going to take a look at the differences between push and in-app notifications, and identify the best use-cases for each type.
notifications
While we’re used to receiving push notifications, we might not be as used to receiving rich push notifications. We’re going to dive into what rich push notifications are and where you can use them.
react
Dive into custom built and third-party solutions for notification systems, and find out how easy it is to integrate MagicBell into your frontend.
react
Building a React web notification system is a big commitment. Let’s go over the issues a custom implantation can have, and see how third-party solutions can facilitate the process.
notifications
There's a lot of options when it comes to implementing notifications. We'll take a look at browser and desktop notifications with the Push and Notifications APIs.
react
Notification badges are a part of everyday life. We're going to take a look at a few different ways to design and implement them.
In this post, I share my experience in the W21 batch of the YCombinator accelerator program.
email notifications
We've put together a guide on how to build out an email notification system, from finding the right template to utilizing design and copy.
notifications
A notification system will need to scale with your business. We'll take a look at how notifications can scale, and why a third-party tool can be a better longer term solution than a notification library.
email notifications
Email design can be tricky to navigate. We'll discuss how to utilize messaging, visuals, and calls to action to engage users with email notifications.
react
Buy vs. build is a familiar conversation in the SaaS world. We'll take a look at some of the hidden costs that are associated with building custom notification solutions.
notifications
We’ll discuss email design best practices, and how you can utilize design to enhance your email notifications.
react
Let's dive into a small React notification tutorial to show how easy it is to get up and running with notification libraries.
notifications
We'll myth bust the relevancy of email notification and make the case for shifting away from this outdated notification strategy. We'll focus on why the future of good UX/UI is in the notification inbox.
This article takes a look at how to integrate MagicBell's Notification Inbox into a web application that is built using the Angular framework.
how-to
This is the first part in a series of articles in which we'll design and implement a Notification System from scratch. We'll do this in Ruby on Rails, but the concepts are widely applicable to any web application framework. This part focus on the database design.
kubernetes
In this blog post, we will take a containerized Rails application and deploy it to a Kubernetes cluster. We'll learn about pods, load balancers, and how to bring it all together.
docker
In this guide, we will take your existing Ruby on Rails application and deploy it with Docker.
design
In this article we are going to highlight some of the most important aspects of notification system design that we should think of when building one. Let’s get started.
notifications
A few years back, Slack shared the flowchart of how they decide to notify their users on the desktop and mobile. Let's dissect that flowchart in this article.
interview
Hana from MagicBell sits down with Henry Modisett from Quora to talk about designing notifications, apps that inspire him, and his ideas for better notifications on iOS and Android.
B2B SaaS businesses can be challenging to get off the ground but very rewarding when they are successful. We share five lessons that will help you get there.
Buidling a multi-channel notification system is complex. Between respecting a user's preference and understanding which device to notify on, there is a lot to take care of. MagicBell helps you get this done quickly and effortlessly.