Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Notification Tools: Difference between revisions

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** see this proposal for a [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_frm/thread/16b9d61305fecba8 service for exposing metadata]
** see this proposal for a [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_frm/thread/16b9d61305fecba8 service for exposing metadata]
* Implement a framework for pluggable back-ends for nsIAlertService, to use native desktop notification systems such as [http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/index.php Galago], or 3rd party tools such as [http://growl.info/ Growl], [http://www.fullphat.net/ Snarl].
* Implement a framework for pluggable back-ends for nsIAlertService, to use native desktop notification systems such as [http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/index.php Galago], or 3rd party tools such as [http://growl.info/ Growl], [http://www.fullphat.net/ Snarl].
==Authentication for Protected Webpages==
* Currently in Firefox, when you visit a protected page (that would give you a 401 error if you don't login), that tab would be brought to the front as soon as it loads.
* In Opera, those tabs act normally, and you can still view other tabs before dismissing the login box.
* I would like to see Firefox have an option where you can either have those tabs brought to the front, or just act like normal tabs.


== New notification types ==
== New notification types ==
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== alert messages ==
== alert messages ==
make alert messages limited to one tab.  There is no reason why you can't switch tab when one page makes an alert.
make alert messages limited to one tab.  There is no reason why you can't switch tab when one page makes an alert.
==Authentication for Protected Webpages==
* Currently in Firefox, when you visit a protected page (that would give you a 401 error if you don't login), that tab would be brought to the front as soon as it loads.
* In Opera, those tabs act normally, and you can still view other tabs before dismissing the login box.
* I would like to see Firefox have an option where you can either have those tabs brought to the front, or just act like normal tabs.
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