Yes, this would be really great. I'm used to system beeper, but my asus eee doesn't have one, so visual beep would suit this purpose perfectly for me. I'm using osd_cat at the moment to do this task.
> have an instant messaging client and/or an IRC > client at work without sound: you would be to be notified visually > when somebody writes to you since your clients may not be seen. I > meant, a command line you can use in script which could make the menu > bar or the windows borders flash etc... > Sylvain