Desktop Notification/Alerts In Python

[Chaos]

alex23 wrote:
> Chaos wrote:
> > I am looking for ways to have a Desktop Alert, like the one most IM
> > Messengers have (MSN, AIM) at the lower right above the taskbar. Can
> > anyone point me to the right resources to use?
>
> Under Windows, they're called "balloon tips". Here's a thread from a
> few years back asking for the exact same thing:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/f6f6083650b50f1d/f26db0efc52462f9#f26db0efc52462f9
>
> There's even a working demo linked to at the end of the thread, and the
> link is still live.
>
> Thanks for prompting me to look, I've vaguely wanted something like
> this for a while :)
>
> -alex23

Is there a way to make it a window, instead of a baloon time. One that
slides up from the  taskbar?