Use native notifications on all platforms

js/notifications.js

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* global Backbone: false */
-/* global nodeNotifier: false */
 
-/* global config: false */
 /* global ConversationController: false */
 /* global drawAttention: false */
 /* global i18n: false */
@@ -42,10 +40,8 @@
       const isAudioNotificationSupported = Settings.isAudioNotificationSupported();
       const numNotifications = this.length;
       const userSetting = this.getUserSetting();
-      const hasNotificationSupport = !Boolean(config.polyfillNotifications);
 
       const status = Signal.Notifications.getStatus({
-        hasNotificationSupport,
         isAppFocused,
         isAudioNotificationEnabled,
         isAudioNotificationSupported,
@@ -104,28 +100,14 @@
 
       drawAttention();
 
-      if (hasNotificationSupport) {
-        const notification = new Notification(title, {
-          body: message,
-          icon: iconUrl,
-          tag: 'signal',
-          silent: !status.shouldPlayNotificationSound,
-        });
-
-        notification.onclick = this.onClick.bind(
-          this,
-          last.get('conversationId')
-        );
-      } else {
-        nodeNotifier.notify({
-          title,
-          message,
-          sound: false,
-        });
-        nodeNotifier.on('click', () => {
-          last.get('conversationId');
-        });
-      }
+      const notification = new Notification(title, {
+        body: message,
+        icon: iconUrl,
+        tag: 'signal',
+        silent: !status.shouldPlayNotificationSound,
+      });
+
+      notification.onclick = () => this.onClick(last.get('conversationId'));
 
       // We don't want to notify the user about these same messages again
       this.clear();

main.js

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const os = require('os');
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const electron = require('electron');
-const semver = require('semver');
 
 const { BrowserWindow, app, Menu, shell, ipcMain: ipc } = electron;
 
@@ -99,17 +98,6 @@ const loadLocale = require('./app/locale').load;
 let logger;
 let locale;
 
-const WINDOWS_8 = '8.0.0';
-const osRelease = os.release();
-const polyfillNotifications =
-  os.platform() === 'win32' && semver.lt(osRelease, WINDOWS_8);
-console.log(
-  'OS Release:',
-  osRelease,
-  '- notifications polyfill?',
-  polyfillNotifications
-);
-
 function prepareURL(pathSegments) {
   return url.format({
     pathname: path.join.apply(null, pathSegments),
@@ -127,7 +115,6 @@ function prepareURL(pathSegments) {
       node_version: process.versions.node,
       hostname: os.hostname(),
       appInstance: process.env.NODE_APP_INSTANCE,
-      polyfillNotifications: polyfillNotifications ? true : undefined, // for stringify()
       proxyUrl: process.env.HTTPS_PROXY || process.env.https_proxy,
       importMode: importMode ? true : undefined, // for stringify()
     },

preload.js

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ window.loadImage = require('blueimp-load-image');
 
 window.nodeBuffer = Buffer;
 window.nodeFetch = require('node-fetch');
-window.nodeNotifier = require('node-notifier');
 window.ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
 
 // Note: when modifying this file, consider whether our React Components or Backbone Views

ts/notifications/getStatus.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ interface Environment {
   isAudioNotificationSupported: boolean;
   isEnabled: boolean;
   numNotifications: number;
-  hasNotificationSupport: boolean;
   userSetting: UserSetting;
 }
 
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ interface Status {
   shouldClearNotifications: boolean;
   shouldPlayNotificationSound: boolean;
   shouldShowNotifications: boolean;
-  hasNotificationSupport: boolean;
   type: Type;
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ type Type =
   | 'userSetting';
 
 export const getStatus = ({
-  hasNotificationSupport,
   isAppFocused,
   isAudioNotificationEnabled,
   isAudioNotificationSupported,
@@ -56,14 +53,11 @@ export const getStatus = ({
   })();
 
   const shouldPlayNotificationSound =
-    isAudioNotificationSupported &&
-    isAudioNotificationEnabled &&
-    hasNotificationSupport;
+    isAudioNotificationSupported && isAudioNotificationEnabled;
   const shouldShowNotifications = type === 'ok';
   const shouldClearNotifications = type === 'appIsFocused';
 
   return {
-    hasNotificationSupport,
     shouldClearNotifications,
     shouldPlayNotificationSound,
     shouldShowNotifications,