Notification Library for Windows

Question

I'm developing a small tray-icon application for Windows and I need to display non-intrusive visual notifications similar to those that appear when you receive a new message in MSN Messenger or any other IM application.

I have looked at Snarl, but it seems to be a separate application that I need to install. I want something that could be bundled with my application in one installer, a library.

Which one do you recommend?

Python support is a huge plus.

Answer 1

Can you just use those default tray-icon bubble notifications, or are you looking for a totally custom notification library? (sorry, this should be a comment instead of an answer, but I don't have enough rep)

Answer 2

I wrote one for .NET for the Genghis project (link here) a while back. Looks like it is over at MS CodePlex now. Look for the "AniForm" class. Here is a screenshot.

It has more of an older MSN Messenger look and feel but should get you started.

Answer 3

You don't need anyhting. Just use toasters windows with Win32 api

Answer 4

Are you developing the application in Python? It depends what GUI toolkit you're using.

If you're using wxPython, you could try ToasterBox, or the wxPopupWindow.

Answer 5

You can do it by depending on a GUI library.

For example, with PyQt,it is possible :

• PyQt QSystemTrayIcon Documentation

• Example of QSystemTrayIcon (in C++, easy to adapt to python)