| Do you like that blinking mailbox thing?
I found a pretty cool hack that uses AJAX to check the state of the PM system even when you're idle. It will, of course, pop up if you refresh a page. It even follows you down the page. If you're idle, however, it checks every hour to see if there are any new PM's in your mailbox and will popup.
I originally went to a text announcement because I hated the popup thing and having to deal with it right away. The text message thing on the top of the screen didn't work for me either because it was so easy to miss sometimes.
I kind of like this thing. What do you guys think? If you don't like it, is it just the icon that's obnoxious? I tried to find something that wasn't too cheesy but would also be something that would alert you.
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