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10. Notifications and browser alerts

DFFMS tells you in three ways.

  1. In the app. The bell at the top of each account page. This always works.
  2. By email. This works only when the platform's email service is set up.
  3. Browser alerts. Pop-up messages on one device. You switch them on per device.

The bell and the Notifications page. The number on the bell is the count of unread messages. Select Open on a message to go to its page. Select Mark all read to clear the list. An empty list says "You are all caught up."

How to turn on browser alerts.

  1. Select Notifications in your menu.
  2. In the Browser alerts box, select Enable alerts.
  3. Your browser asks whether to allow notifications from DFFMS. Select Allow.
  4. The box now says "Enabled on this device for major request, decision and payment updates."

To stop them, select Turn off in the same box.

Common problems.

  • "Browser alerts are blocked in your browser settings". Open your browser's site settings for dffms.org, set notifications to Allow, reload the page and select Enable alerts again.
  • "Browser alerts are not available on this device". Your browser does not support them. Messages still arrive in the app and by email.
  • Alerts stop on your other device. Alerts are set per device. Turn them on again on each one.