Hi Kristian, You might want to have a look at 'headline' messages in XMPP as it sounds like exactly what you're trying to achieve. https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3921.html#rfc.section.2.1.1 In Pidgin, these open as a new popup, outside of any conversation window, that don't disappear without the user closing them.
Cheers, Eion On 30 November 2017 at 20:31, Kristian Rink <kawazu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks; > > we're using XMPP and various clients (Windows, Linux, Android, iOS) in a > mid-sized company for internal communication and have one use case so far > left unresolved: We want to establish certain channels to send out messages > to each and every user and make sure they are seen *under all > circumstances*. Best solution for this would be to, like, pop up a dialog > or message window centered on the screen, focussed and in front of all > windows so to make sure the incoming message doesn't go unnoticed. > > Right now we're using pidgin on the Windows desktop, conference chats and > see loads of users complain that this process doesn't really work - > messages in the group chats either go completely unnoticed or end up in a > "blinking system tray" icon no one cares about. Is it possible to make such > notifications more "massive" and persistent - i.o.w. also not just a > toast-like popup that automatically disappears after n seconds? > > TIA and all the best, > Kristian > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
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