I'm building an AJAX based web messenger. It's similiar to the Windows Messenger whereby a chat window will open for each person you are chatting with. So if I'm talking with 3 persons, I will have 3 chat windows opened, 1 for each person.
Here's the scenario. If the user have 3 chat windows opened, what can I do to inform the user that a particular chat window has received new messages? The user may have minimized all the windows or may be chatting on another window. In the case of Windows Messenger, the user can hear a sound and he can see at the taskbar area that the chat window will blink.
Any suggestions to what I can do to notify the user that he has new incoming message when he has minimized the window?
Thanks
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