Generalize beyond popups
IceCreamYou - November 26, 2008 - 23:42
| Project: | Popup Message Box |
| Version: | 5.x-1.0 |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
As stated here, I would really like to see this module extend beyond popups to end up something like the Facebook bar at the bottom of the page that shows all the latest notifications. I think the best way is to integrate with Activity.module. I'd be willing to write the integration if there were some kind of hook or function to add a message to the bar without automatically bringing up the popup. It would also be necessary to keep the messages logged in the bar so they don't disappear when you go to another page.
Thoughts?
#1
Great thinking.
There are much "bar" like project, simple menu, admin menu .. etc. I just thinking about whether is better ui for user?
Admin menu keep it tiny for administrator use. Simple menu is also, but it can extend for UI of common user, but not enough. And this popup message box may a good extend for user.
I want to dev some menu based notification, something like "Unread (3)" for user's new comment, and this can also add to admin menu or simple menu. But I'm still think if popup message should include "menu based" tab. Any ideas about menu based and hook ?
#2
Admin menu is never going to generalize beyond admin use. Simple menu is designed to be a menu, not a notifications area. And the popup message box is a great idea.
I like the idea of having an "Unread" notification on the bar... I'm not quite sure what you mean by a "menu based tab" though. I don't think this module needs to extend to accepting menu items specifically, I just think there should be a way to put new items on the bar via a module.
As far as implementation, I would imagine you'd call module_invoke_all to receive an array of tab objects, and then parse the tab objects into the right format to show up on the bar.