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Author:  neoian1277 [ Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:53 am ]
Post subject:  Attention Effects

Hi Guys

So recently got the Nexus dock and noticed MS Outlook 365 and Whatsapp desktop app don't get any attention effects when getting a new email or a new message is this just something on windows 10 or am i doing some incorrectly. On the normal windows taskbar they do get icon badges this is something planned for the dock in future? thanks

Author:  winstep [ Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Attention Effects

Unfortunately those badges, etc, are accomplished by the application communicating *directly* with the Windows taskbar.

Microsoft did not make a public API available for making third party applications know about those notifications as well, so the chances of something like that being supported in the future are pretty slim.

But you never know. :)

Author:  neoian1277 [ Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Attention Effects

Ah i see, well thanks for the info. So forget the badges then any idea why those apps don't get any effect when a new message comes in? thanks

Author:  winstep [ Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Attention Effects

In previous versions of Windows an application that required attention would make the button in the taskbar flash - and Windows would actually send a notification of this to third party applications that wanted to know about it, so Winstep applications were (and are) able to work with that.

But now, with the new taskbar abilities, application developers do not bother making their windows flash - instead they use the new taskbar abilities. And since Windows has no mechanism to let 3rd party applications know about this (unlike the flashing thing), the Winstep application has no idea of what is happening either.

Author:  neoian1277 [ Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Attention Effects

Ok thanks for all the info, will make it work. on a side note the new skype seems to work fine so I'm happy there

Author:  Tipo [ Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Attention Effects

ohhh :( same doubt I was going crazy opening the whatsapp to see if I had a message .... that hurts if any find an alternative please publish it thanks

Author:  Rashel24295 [ Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Attention Effects

I see it, Thanks for sharing with us. I am new here

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