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   QunMang
   Member

   I have been using the notifications option to receive download links but lately this has not been working. Notifications are enabled (the dialog would ask me to enable them if this wasn't the case) and this site (both main and game) are whitelisted. However, when it asks me to click to receive the notification it will say, "The link has been sent to you. You'll get it just in a few seconds." but the notification never comes any more- it used to be right away.

   I deleted the web cache (is this even a relevant troubleshooting step anymore?) and also tried another browser to no avail. Thanks for any info that can help fix this.

   Posted 4 years ago #
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   QunMang
   Member

   No one?

   Posted 4 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   I don't use them myself, a quick Google shows it might have been a problem last spring with Chrome & Win10, but otherwise just tried it & it worked with today's game using Edge Version 80.0.361.62 in Win10 pro 1909 [I have pretty much everything off in the browsers I normally use]. Sorry I don't have anything more. :(

   Posted 4 years ago #
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   QunMang
   Member

   Thanks for responding. The only other options are to use Facebook or receive links by email. Notifications are just easier. Sigh- I miss the days when this site made downloading much easier.

   Anyway, I just tried again and they are still not working for me. I tried Firefox (latest version), Brave (latest version) and Edge (44.18362.449.0, not latest but I don't use it anyway). In all, the site says that the link will be sent in a few seconds but it never comes.

   Do they have a limit I wonder on the number of notifications one may receive before having use a method that gives the site more personal information? If so, it would have to be by IP as the problem is cross-browser.

   Other problems have been linked to use of Heimdal, but its log shows it hasn't blocked anything from here and I tried with it off as well. Other than that I only use Windows Defender.

   Posted 4 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   I don't use Edge very often, but the Chrome-based version isn't too bad. You *might* want to check out their Edge Insider Channel... Those versions [there are 3] install as a separate app, so everything you have & use now won't be effected. If you install the Dev version you can play the Surf game Easter egg. Note that the Chrome-based Edge updates fairly often, especially on win7. When I tried it yesterday, as soon as I turned notifications on for the GOTD game site the notification popped up in Win10's Action Center.

   microsoftedgeinsider[.]com/en-us/download

   windowscentral[.]com/microsoft-brings-edges-surf-game-easter-egg-dev-channel

   I have the link sent via email, which I get pretty much instantly, but I have had to change the email address to another service occasionally -- a service that worked perfectly suddenly stops, I *guess* because of their spam filtering. *For me* the email's easier to hold onto in case I have to re-download.

   Posted 4 years ago #

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