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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Passive message popup class
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-11-23 11:12:57
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#if Richard Moore
> As part of my plan to improve the way KDE apps interact with the task 
> manager, I've just finished a passive popup class that lets you display a 
> message next to the taskbar icon. The popup does not interupt the user (hence 
> the name 'passive'). The implementation uses the standard icon geometry 
> properties from the WM specs, so it should work with any WM and taskbar.
> 
> I've attached, the code, a demo app, the docs and a small piccy. I'd like to 
> see this (and hopefully some other related tools) in the 3.0 api. Any 
> comments?
 
We already have KNotify, which provides a flexible mechanism for giving
feedback to users. I would prefer this to be an addition to KNotify
rather than another shape of wheel :)

Rik

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