ranson@crcge1.UUCP (D. Ranson CNET) (08/18/87)
Is there any info out about the Notification Manager? My version of IMv5
does not mention it. And MPW equates for IMv5 just show the address of the
pending notifications queue. Is this manager present in System4.1? How is it
used? Thank you for any info.
Daniel Ranson.
...!seismo!mcvax!inria!{crcge1 or cnetlu}!ransondudek@utai.UUCP (08/19/87)
I keep hearing about the notifier (mgr) too, but have no info. Maybe
some kind person could post a brief summary of the interface or basic
functionality?
Thanks, Greg Dudek
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Paper mail: Dept. of Comp Sci, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Canada tecot@apple.UUCP (Ed Tecot) (08/22/87)
In article <4041@utai.UUCP> dudek@ai.UUCP (Gregory Dudek) writes: > > I keep hearing about the notifier (mgr) too, but have no info. Maybe >some kind person could post a brief summary of the interface or basic >functionality? Please disregard all references to the Notification Manager. This software does not currently exist and will not appear in the form as documented in early drafts of IM Vol 5. We are working on something similar, though. _emt
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (10/12/87)
Apple knows that the blinking apple from the alarm clock is pretty lousy. There was supposed to be a new manager built into the system toolbox for prgrams to use. It didn't get finished in time for System 4.1, but it is coming soon to a System file near you: The Notification Manager. This geezer is a uniform way for asynchronous tasks (like mail and reminder service programs) to tell the operating system that it should try to get the user's attention. The operating system puts up a dialog, or plays a tune, or emits a wolf whistle to get the user's attention to a "click here" button. When the user clicks, he gets more information. I'm glad the folks at apple are figuring out a standard user interface for this kind of thing. I'm glad it is getting done, and I'm glad I don't have to do it. It was probably delayed to make real sure that it looked good in the multi-finder environment.