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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]. | ||
== New notification types == | == New notification types == | ||
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* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59314 bug 59314] | * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59314 bug 59314] | ||
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123913 bug 123913] | * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123913 bug 123913] | ||
* Tab title flash notification suggestion [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming/Notification Tools:Title Flash Notification|Title Flash Notification]] | |||
== Omnibus "Status" area == | == Omnibus "Status" area == | ||
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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. | |||
* (This is like the one above this..:P) | |||