Thanks for the answers and links. It gives me a place to start. tom
Ilkka Oksanen wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > Currently there is no way to do what you describe. But as a side note some > plans already exists to specify JS API for notifications: > > http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/developers/design-documents/desktop-notifications/api-specification > > W3C Device APIs and Policy Working Group is handling this and related > topics > (camera API, contacts API, filesystem API etc) currently. Couple years and > JS > applications/widgets can access a lot more device functionality. > > -ilkka > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM, tsmiller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Matt, >> My im feature lets two or more people talk back and forth and there is no >> way to alert the end user when he gets a message. The way it is now, the >> end >> user has to have the im window open and sit and watch it for incoming >> messages. I could put up an alert box or change an icon in my >> application, >> but that doesn't help much if the browser window is hidden behind another >> os >> window. My browser polls the server for new messages. I am looking for a >> way to alert the end user when he gets a new message because the browser >> instant message window is just another window in my application and may >> or >> may not be open. Plus the entire browser may be hidden behind other os >> windows. The ideal solution would be to access the os taskbar and have >> an >> icon change. (like kopete or other instant messageing programs) I don't >> know if there is anything that lets the browser talk to the os in any way >> at >> all. Another solution might be to figure out how to play a sound. It is >> hard to keep up with all of the tools and new developments out there. It >> seems that google and others are coming up with ways to write to the >> users >> local hard drive, but what about running some kind of program. Maybe in >> some kind of limited scope? >> >> tom >> >> >> Matthew Gregory wrote: >> > >> > You can't really. >> > It does depend on what you are trying to achieve though, if you give >> > more detail maybe there is a work around. Perhaps if you start with >> > explaining why do you want to notify the operating system and what do >> > you expect it to do? >> > >> > Matt >> > >> > tsmiller wrote: >> >> Developers, >> >> I have written and added a simple instant messaging feature to my >> >> application and I would like to know how to access the operating >> system >> >> from >> >> a browser. I would like to notify the operating system when I receive >> a >> >> message. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would like >> to >> >> know >> >> what options are available. Or even if it is possible? thanks. >> >> >> >> tom >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Come build with us! 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