Notifications

On windows 7 my volume icon is missing from the system tray
So unexpectedly my volume control is missing from the system tray on Windows 7. I goto the start menu and type volume and choose "Show or hide volume (speaker) icon on the taskbar" and it's disabled in there and set to off. I then click "customize notification icons" at the bottom and on the list...

RSS Announcer/Application
Hello! I'm looking for a RSS (feed) reader that runs in the background and tells me in a pretty, non-intrusive way, a good popup perhaps, each time something new comes out in those feeds. Notes: Windows 7 Compatibility with common feeds...

How to set Growl for Windows to notifyable
Growl for Windows not notify any of my program like WLM Can I make it notify? ...

Per folder mail notification in thunderberid
I have my mail delivered to different IMAP folders depending whether they are direct mail or to a mailing list. When thunderbird reads these folders it notifies on every new mail in all folders. I do still want thunderbird to check and download from all folders as it currently is configured....

Hide Google Chrome's update notification icon
One of my favorite features in Google Chrome is the way it updates itself in the background, without annoying popups and confirmation dialogs, sometimes even without making us realize it is updating. But in recent versions Google Chrome now shows a little orange dot next t...

Disabling empathy balloon
How can I disable empathy's balloon that shows up when someone sends me a message? ...

Test script if host is back online
E.g. system: Ubuntu/Debian. As many of you do this probably via ping and a terminal, I always forget this terminal when switching to other task... So a noftification popup would be useful. So can I do better as this?: while; do if ping -c 1 your.host....

Change "Only show notifications" default
I see in Windows 7 that when you do not have the Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar option enabled (see below), the setting for individual applications is to Only show notifications. ...

How to get new mail notification for all folders in Mozilla Thunderbird?
Mozilla Thunderbird notifies me every time I get a new e-mail in my inbox. However, I have some server side filters moving some of my mail to different folders. I've already set Thunderbird to check these IMAP folders for new mail, how can I make Thunderbird notify me of new mail in those folders...

Is there a way to turn off the sound that plays when my computer reconnects to the wireless network?
I know this seems silly. Obviously I could mute my computer, or turn the speakers off. But it seems like surely there should be a way that I can keep all of my normal computer sounds without having to hear this one sound (no, it doesn't really bother me; mostly my wife just wants me to t...

windows 7 disable notification for all programs.
I am looking for a way to disable notifications for all programs in windows 7. eg- disable notifications for applications like outlook, messenger, Thunderbird etc. I know that each of these programs have their individual settings to achieve this, but I am looking for a windows setting that can do...

Outlook end of meeting reminder
Is there a way to make Outlook show a reminder when a meeting is ending? Sometimes I schedule meetings for myself to focus on one specific task for an hour or so, and it would be very useful to be reminded to get back to other tasks when the allocated time expires.&#...

Caps Lock pop up (Num Lock, Scroll Lock as well) on Windows 7 doesnt show any more?
My pop up for when pressing Caps Lock on a Windows 7 x64 suddenly disapperead when starting the comp this morning? Cant see any logical reasons, since I didn't tweak anything with the keyboard. Suggestions to fix this? ...

Tiny mail notifier app
Is there a really tiny mail notifier app which will notify me if I have new gmail messages near clock on top right side of screen(menu panel you call it?). Then clicking on it will take me to browser. ...

Feed notification icon in tray — icon, not baloon or popup
I'm searching for a feed reader: Windows No new items ? default icon New items ? special icon Can access password-protected websites I don't want to be interrupted, I just want to see in a moment if there ...

Notification addon for Outlook 2010
Outlook 2010 will not show notification envelope for IMAP accounts (which is a horrible bug IMO but that's the reality right now), are there any good add-ons that would "fix" this? I'm primarily after something that could add an envelope in the sys tray as Outlook 2007 used to do out of the box....

How to write to KDE's OSD or notification from console?
How can I write, from a bash script, to KDE's OSD or notification area? I am using KDE 4.5, and basically what I want is my script to report some stuff when it is run. Since I run the script by a shortcut, I have no console output, but I would like to write to OSD on notification area. &#...

Is there any way to get email notification from USVN if some one update the SVN?
Is there any way to get email notification from USVN if some one update the SVN? ...

yahoo Mail notification in ubuntu
I have installed the following: sudo apt-get install mail-notification sudo apt-get install mail-notification-evolution sudo apt-get install fetchyahoo sudo apt-get install getlive and configure...

Windows 7 Notification Icons Problems
I'm experiencing a problem in Windows 7 x64 where there are a large number of blank spaces in my "notifications icons" popup. These same gaps appear if I change the setting to show all icons. If I hover of the gaps, the spaces indicate that I've hovered over them, but there is no text popup ...