Because we made a notifier that takes your watching list, checks it against external websites and notifies you when there is a new episode on that external site. It's also a terrible wordplay combining "notify me!" and [moe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)).
In the past it was, but not anymore. We're growing bigger by establishing a database that combines information from multiple sources and also growing as a community. Many of us are hanging out on Discord and you are welcome to join us. We also have our own anime lists now due to popular request of adding episode progress changes to our browser extension.
* [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/anime-notifier/hajchfikckiofgilinkpifobdbiajfch) and [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/anime-notifier/) extension for quick watching list access and episode updates
Use a browser that supports push notifications (Chrome or Firefox). Then go to your [settings](https://notify.moe/settings) and click "Enable notifications". This might take a while, especially on mobile devices. After that you can press "Send test notification". If you get a notification saying "Yay, it works!" then everything's fine. The real thing looks like this:
Once you open the anime page you should see a button called "Add to my collection". Clicking that will add the anime to your "Plan to watch" list. To move it to your current "Watching" list, you need to click "Edit in collection" and change the status to "Watching".
## How do I edit my episode progress?
There are 2 ways of editing your progress:
1. Click on the "+" button that shows up when you hover over the episode number. This will increase your progress by one episode on each click.
1. Click on the episode number so that a text input cursor shows up. Use backspace/delete keys and enter your new number directly. Press Enter or click somewhere else to confirm.
## How do I edit my rating?
Your "Overall" rating can be edited with the same method as episodes by clicking on the number directly so that the text input cursor shows up, then entering a new number and confirming with Enter. The other 3 rating numbers for Story, Visuals and Soundtrack can only be edited by going into edit mode (click on the anime title in your list).
Each rating is a number on a scale of 0 to 10. A rating of 0 counts as "not rated" and will be ignored in average rating calculations for that anime. Thus the lowest possible rating you can assign to an anime is 0.1. The highest possible rating is 10. The average is close to the number 5.
Go to [soundtracks](https://notify.moe/soundtracks) and press the "Add soundtrack" button. Then add a title, media and tags for the track. For media you need to select a service (e.g. Youtube) and enter the ID of the video (usually at the end of the link). You can link it with an anime by adding an "anime:ID" tag where you replace ID with the anime ID. Once you're happy with the result, press "Publish".
This website / app is accessible even when you go offline. You can keep browsing the pages you visited earlier which is especially useful for mobile phones or when you're traveling with an unstable connection. Feel free to try it by disabling your WiFi and opening the site while offline.
## Do I need to keep the site open to receive notifications?
No, you can close the site and still receive notifications after you enabled them.
* Realize that every person has his or her own opinion and that you should treat that opinion with respect. You do not have to agree with strangers on the internet but it's worth thinking about their viewpoint.
* Do not spam.
* Do not advertise unrelated products. If anything it needs to be related to anime or the site itself.
We added importers for what we consider to be the 3 most popular list providers:
* anilist.co
* kitsu.io
* myanimelist.net
To use an importer, enter your nickname for the site you want to import from and click the "Import" button with the list provider name that just appeared.
You need to enable notifications on each device separately. To receive notifications on both desktop and mobile phone you need to click "Enable notifications" on both.
There are many, many ways how notifications can be implemented from a technical standpoint. There is e.g. "polling" which means that an app periodically checks external sites and tells you when something new is available. We are not using polling because these periodic checks can quickly drain your battery on a mobile phone. We are using so-called "push notifications" instead. The advantage of push notifications is that your mobile phone or desktop PC doesn't have to do periodic checks anymore - instead the website will send new episode releases to all of your registered devices. This consumes less CPU/network resources and is much more battery friendly for mobile devices.
Take a look at the comparison of [notify.moe, kitsu.io, anilist.co and myanimelist.net](https://www.webpagetest.org/results/video/18/03/18/6071a7292ed1dd4602d30d13b31e1a89ec430b1d/video.mp4) loading speeds.
* The site is not storing passwords which means there is no password that could be stolen
* The site uses HTTPS, CSP and CSS hashing to improve overall security
* The site functionality is 99.9% server-sided which is a requirement for any security related app
* The site is using only the most modern and secure SSL ciphers
## Is this website mobile-friendly?
Yes, we have a dynamic layout that works on everything from 320p to full HD (1080p). Larger sizes should work well due to automatic layout. On smartphones you can use the sidebar by sliding with your finger to the right side.
## Which platforms and browsers do you officially support?
OS:
* Windows
* Linux
* Mac
Browsers:
* Chrome
* Firefox
* Safari
The most modern browser is [without question](https://html5test.com/compare/browser/chrome-58/firefox-53/safari-10.2.html) Chrome and I highly recommend everyone to switch to Chrome if you're not using it already. Chrome has WebP support which *drastically* reduces page loading times and also lazy loading support which loads images only when they appear in your current viewport, reducing both your bandwidth and your initial loading times.
Firefox and Safari are supported but I do not recommend using them. See these for more information:
* Version 1.0: This version was just a browser extension with **client-side JS**.
* Version 2.0: To decrease the number of requests/pressure on external sites we made a central website. It was written in **PHP**.
* Version 3.0: A complete remake of the website in **node.js** supporting 4 different list providers and 2 anime providers. Episode changes were not possible.
* Version 4.0: We switched to our own hosted anime lists to make episode updates in the extension as smooth as possible. The website is now written in **Go** and uses 3 separate servers/machines (web server, database and the scheduler).
I recently added [PRO](https://notify.moe/shop) accounts for an extended feature set. You do not have to donate without getting something back, instead I'd rather be happy to see you profit from the donation as well. It would be my dream to work on this full-time.
