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How to alert a user [SOLVED]

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:56 am
by Stryks
I have a page which is designed to be watched by a user over a period of a few hours. The page automatically reloads to show the latest info, and that works OK.

My problem is that after a while, the screensaver kicks in and the user needs to be alerted to look at the screen.

I thought I would just embed a sound effect, which is no drama really, but I am wondering if this is the best answer to this problem.

Anyone have any ideas ... I was thinking maybe an applet to handle the sound output, but maybe there is a better solution.

Ideas anyone?

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:43 am
by onion2k
Just tell the user to turn the screen saver off.

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:15 pm
by pickle
Ya, there's no way in your webpage to know if the screensaver is on or not. Playing a sound every 10 minutes or so will just annoy the user. After a while, it'll just mix into the background and become ineffective anyway.

Just turn off the screensaver. Modern monitors don't need them anyway.

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:13 am
by Stryks
Really? They dont need them? I didn't know that.

Interesting points though, and I think it solves my problem.

Thanks. 8)