Brilliant! One problem I've found is that it can't handle icons larger than 16x16 (it crops them).
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I appreciate a good piece of code and the need to reinvent a wheel, I wouldn't call your implementation "aesthetically pleasing" either. IMO your fallback option is the solution, simply appending "(5)" to the page title when there are 5 pending alerts works the best. [edit] And I am being downvoted because... ?
Changing the title bar is ineffective; you either make the title blink between two states which is a blaring annoyance and terribly distracting (GChat), or you just add a modest little (1) that is hard to see (Facebook). I think the favicon is much better suited for this function; it conforms to what people are used to with mobile phone UI. However, the problem with this library is it has to follow the limitations of…
Great idea, something like this would be really nice to see integrated into the browser tabs themselves.
Re: Show HN: Favicon alert bubbles
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I appreciate a good piece of code and the need to reinvent a wheel, I wouldn't call your implementation "aesthetically pleasing" either. IMO your fallback option is the solution, simply appending "(5)" to the page title when there are 5 pending alerts works the best. [edit] And I am being downvoted because... ?
Changing the title bar is ineffective; you either make the title blink between two states which is a blaring annoyance and terribly distracting (GChat), or you just add a modest little (1) that is hard to see (Facebook). I think the favicon is much better suited for this function; it conforms to what people are used to with mobile phone UI. However, the problem with this library is it has to follow the limitations of…
Chrome has a desktop notification system similar to Growl. Not sure if Firefox and others implement it. I much prefer it over the titlebar modification which I just find plain irritating.
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#24Excellent stuff. I find the best javascript micro libs are built with one specific purpose in mind, like at work or on a startup, then extracted out and open-sourced :)
I'd suggest adding a config option for how to handle certain digits or multiples - personally I would prefer to have 1..20 and then 20+, 30+, etc. because they're easier to grok at a glance. I guess that could be wrapped into it pretty easily for any given use case though.
Re: Show HN: Favicon alert bubbles
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I appreciate a good piece of code and the need to reinvent a wheel, I wouldn't call your implementation "aesthetically pleasing" either. IMO your fallback option is the solution, simply appending "(5)" to the page title when there are 5 pending alerts works the best. [edit] And I am being downvoted because... ?
Appending to the end of the page title doesn't work, because the end of the title gets chopped off when it doesn't fit in the tab title or window title. Prepending to the start of the page title does work though.
This is one of the reasons I use Twitter web client - it sits in a tab (on the @mentions screen) and I only pay attention to it when I see a "(1)" or whatever. It's unobtrusive notifications.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Changing the title bar is ineffective; you either make the title blink between two states which is a blaring annoyance and terribly distracting (GChat), or you just add a modest little (1) that is hard to see (Facebook). I think the favicon is much better suited for this function; it conforms to what people are used to with mobile phone UI. However, the problem with this library is it has to follow the limitations of…
Chrome has a desktop notification system similar to Growl. Not sure if Firefox and others implement it. I much prefer it over the titlebar modification which I just find plain irritating.
I used to have that activated for GChat but got tired of it. I think it's more annoying than the title bar, but at least you can turn it off.
Alerts should be there when I want to look for them - they shouldn't pull me out of what I'm doing. If they have to pop up on the screen for me to notice them it probably means I'm paying attention to something else.
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Because you are being arrogant. (I don't have downvote powers)
What was arrogant about the comment? He merely stated that he doesn't find the solution to be aesthetically pleasing. Are opinions contrary to those of the majority now to be considered arrogant?
While I appreciate a good piece of code and the need to reinvent a wheel
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#28This is very cool. Great job! I wonder how cpu intensive it'd be to generate a simple bounce animation.
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#29Excellent stuff. I find the best javascript micro libs are built with one specific purpose in mind, like at work or on a startup, then extracted out and open-sourced :) I'd suggest adding a config option for how to handle certain digits or multiples - personally I would prefer to have 1..20 and then 20+, 30+, etc. because they're easier to grok at a glance. I guess that could be wrapped into it pretty easily for any…
Cheers Joss! Agreed, that would be nice.. not sure what the best way to format that config would be though.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was arrogant about the comment? He merely stated that he doesn't find the solution to be aesthetically pleasing. Are opinions contrary to those of the majority now to be considered arrogant?
While I appreciate a good piece of code and the need to reinvent a wheel That reeked of sarcasm.
Oh, ha! I completely missed the sarcasm in that. Yeah,I can see it as being uncivil.