- From: Jens Alfke <snej@google.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:13:17 -0700
On Sep 13, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > As far as I know, web > apps have no way to get the user's attention if they aren't using the > web app, do they? GMail 'blinks' by alternating the window title between two states, which can be effective even if the animation in the window content isn't visible; but it's not that great a solution. Audio notifications are also possible. In HTML5 they won't even require a plugin :p > I'd imagine popping up a window isn't reliable -- > it might be stopped by a popup blocker, or the user might have all new > windows going to tabs, or something like that. (Is there a new API > for that, perhaps?) Yes, there is a notification API under review that tells the browser to pop up some kind of platform-specific notifier UI, like a task-tray bubble on Windows or a Growl-like floater on Mac OS. I haven't been paying close attention but I think a WebKit implementation is in progress. ?Jens
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