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13 Oct 2021, 03:45 AM | #1 |
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Which email clients show toast notifications?
Are these toast notifications instantly received? Would it also display the number of messages in the taskbar and start menu?
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30 Oct 2021, 12:28 PM | #2 |
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Okay, excuse my ignorance, but what's "toast"?
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30 Oct 2021, 01:03 PM | #3 |
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A toast provides simple feedback about an operation in a small popup. It only fills the amount of space required for the message and the current activity remains visible and interactive. Toasts automatically disappear after a timeout.
The it pops up from the bottom of the screen, a motion which was very similar of a toast popping up from the toaster when ready. This is from EasyMail for Gmail in Windows 10: https://i.postimg.cc/Y0NCM4Wt/toast.png |
30 Oct 2021, 06:14 PM | #4 |
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That's called a toast notification? I guess because it pops up like a toast in a toaster?
Never knew there was a special name for that. |
30 Oct 2021, 06:48 PM | #5 |
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Except that toaster toasts do not disappear after a while :-)
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31 Oct 2021, 03:54 AM | #6 |
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Hmm. I thought toasts were so-named because they resemble the way a person can stand up (pop up) at a meal and make an announcement (a 'toast').
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31 Oct 2021, 06:34 AM | #7 |
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31 Oct 2021, 12:03 PM | #8 |
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To me that is simply notification. Windows notification or Mac notification, depending on which platform you are using.
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31 Oct 2021, 01:11 PM | #9 |
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Agree with @Killer
My taskbar is at the top, my notifications pop down. |