XMPP is the best way with the server running a prosody or ejabberd server. Do not use Twitter or Email nor rely on Webkit or any other proprietary networked solution outside of your control.
You can use Zenity or XMPP to alert the desktop. XMPP is the preferred protocol since you are alerting users at their presence and availability. I provide consulting on these topics on retainer and can implement customized solutions at hardware, network, server, client machine and web Integrations to your existing or new setup at 1-703-881-6906, on or off site in the US Matthew Kaufman. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Gary A Mort <garyam...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are soooo many ways to do this, it all depends on what mediums your > users use already. > > Send them an email with a link at a specific time via: > Email > Instant Message[skype, aim, gtalk, yahoo, etc] > Tweet it and have them follow the twitter feed > Setup a website with desktop notifications enabled and have them keep that > page open. > http://technews.am/conversations/ajaxian/desktop_notifications_with_webkit > > If your users are predominantly Mac users, Growl is pretty cool > http://growl.info/ and there is a windows, iphone, and android app for it as > well > > > > On 12/1/2011 1:25 PM, Carla Gomez wrote: >> I am interested in notifying desktop users that it is time to fill out a >> survey. How may I go about this notification that will come at set times >> with a link to the website? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation _______________________________________________ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation
