Re: Pop up window ala msn messenger
Re: Pop up window ala msn messenger
- Subject: Re: Pop up window ala msn messenger
- From: Alexander Repty <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:50:18 +0200
Hi David,
Am 24.03.2006 um 08:35 schrieb David Chan:
Anyway, I need to do something like msn or yahoo messenger, to pop
up a
window on the righthand lower corner of the screen whenever there
is, let
say, new item available to download.
The window behavior will be like the messenger's one, pop up and
disappear
after 5 secs unless the mouse is over the window.
And the user supposedly able to interact with the window. E.g.,
click on a
button that invoke action in my main application.
What is the best approach to implement this? Thanks a lot.
I recommend going with Growl (http://growl.info/) on this one. Growl
is being used in a lot of applications for Mac OS X, among those
popular ones like Adium and Cyberduck.
If you choose to use Growl, the user has the best possible control
over those notifications - they can choose the priority and style,
for example.
As for the button clicking, it seems to be common practice that
clicking on the notification itself will make the calling appication
the frontmost window. For example, if you receive an instant message
in Adium and click on the Growl notification, it will take you to the
appropriate window/tab.
HTH,
Alex
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