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Notifications
weballoon handles two related ideas: OS-level notifications from sites that use the browser notification API, and an in-app notification list so you can catch up without hunting for toasts.
In-app notification center
Notifications are kept in a short list (up to 100 recent items) so the panel stays useful.
- Click the bell on the dock, or press Shift+N (when focus allows; see Keyboard shortcuts).
- You can mark all read, open an item to jump to the app, or dismiss entries.
- While you are already viewing an app, new notifications from that same app are not duplicated in the in-app list (the app may still use the OS notification where the site supports it).
“Run in background” (per app)
In Settings → Notifications, each app has a toggle labeled Run in background in English UI copy. When enabled:
If you add no apps yet, the panel explains you should add apps first, then choose which should stay running.
- That app’s session can stay active so things like websockets keep working when you are looking at another app or another workspace.
- weballoon shows a reminder that each background app uses roughly 50–150 MB of memory (approximate; real use varies by site).
Practical use
See also Hibernation & memory.
- Turn Run in background on for chat or mail apps where you want alerts while working elsewhere in weballoon.
- Leave it off for heavy or rarely used sites to save RAM.