From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2007-02-13T14:15:08+09:00
Subject: Re: translucent window

On Feb 12, 9:23 pm, Spitfire <timid.gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm writing an application that sometimes notifies the user of certain
> events on the desktop by some pop up msgs. I would also like to have
> these pop ups made translucent at user's choice and give user the
> control to adjust the transparency. Would such a feature plausible in
> Ruby? If so, what is the best way to try this in Ruby?

Will this be on a single operating system, or multiple?

If it was just going to be on Mac OS, I'd advocate using something
like Growl[1].

If multiple OSs, what you can do will depend on what graphical library
you choose to use. It might surprise (and frustrate) you to know that
there isn't just one way to make a window or dialog using Ruby.

[1] http://growl.info/about.php