How to Handle Native Browser Pop-Ups

In the digital world, encountering native browser pop-ups is a common occurrence. These pop-ups, distinct from website pop-ups, often prompt users for permissions related to location services, camera access, and more. In this guide, we will explore how to effectively handle these native browser pop-ups.

Native browser pop-ups, such as those requesting notifications or access to device features, are essential for the smooth functioning of certain websites. However, they can sometimes disrupt user experiences and automated processes.

Our expert, Kyle, demonstrates encountering a permission-based native browser pop-up and seamlessly handling it through automation. By understanding how automation processes interact with these pop-ups, users can ensure uninterrupted workflows.

Discover practical tips for handling native browser pop-ups during automation processes. From ignoring pop-ups to making strategic decisions on permissions, learn how to streamline your workflows effectively.

By proactively addressing native browser pop-ups, users can enhance their browsing experiences and automate processes with ease. Understanding when to interact with these pop-ups and when to ignore them is key to achieving seamless automation.

Mastering the handling of native browser pop-ups is a valuable skill in optimizing user experiences and automation workflows. By following the techniques and insights shared in this guide, you can navigate browser pop-ups with confidence and efficiency.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Hey everyone, in this quick video, we're going to show you how to handle native browser pop ups, not native website pop ups, right? That's a different topic. You, you have to handle those. This one is for native browser pop ups. pop ups like the pop ups you see for location services or the pop ups you see asking for to allow your camera and microphone, you know, things like that.

So Kyle, can you demonstrate one of those and how to handle it? Yeah. So new automation. And then I'm not going to add cookies because it doesn't matter for this, although some of those preferences are stored in those cookies. So that's one way to avoid them is when you add cookies. Those probably won't show because you've handled them, but doesn't matter.

So if I paste that page and I go here. At some point, they should show us something. Here we go. Ah, here we go. Wants to show notifications. This is a popular one that comes up. Like, say you use Google Calendar. You'll get this, right? You'll get something like this. This is a pop up that is browser native. A pop up that has nothing to do with the, the owner of the websites wanting you to do something.

This is Safari or Google Chrome or your browser wanting permissions for something. So this is a permission based native browser pop up. How do we handle this, Kyle? So when your automation runs from cloud, from desktop, anything, it's able to completely ignore these pop ups. So it will, it will never address this pop up.

As far as the automation knows, this will always show here, but as we can see, it doesn't affect us using the site at all. Obviously, we can't see behind it, but the automation could click something behind it if it needed to, if it was there. Assuming you could record it, the automation will click it. But for the user recording, all you need to do is just handle it however you'd want to.

So you can click block, allow, or X, right? Without any repercussions to your recording. Correct. The only, I mean, the only repercussion I could think of, Somebody had a really interesting automation where they were using a desktop app to handle uploading audio. You probably want to click allow on microphone for that.

But in 99. 9 percent of cases, you don't need to do anything. If it feels like you might need to just click allow and then it'll be okay. Great. Awesome. So again, you can click really any one of these buttons to just get it out of your way. It's more important to just get it out of your way or leave it there if it doesn't bother you, but you can feel free to exit out and get those native permission based browser notifications away.

Right Kyle. Yep, so even though it's not here anymore, if I recorded a step right here and it shows while my automation runs, the automation will still correctly handle clicking this. It doesn't care that that's in the way. Awesome. Cool. And that is how to handle those native browser pop ups. Let us know what you think.