make my browser blink as indicator

Question

My coworker wrote a quick mvc chat application so we can chat about work stuff without leaving our desks.

What are some ways to indicate to each other a new message ha

Answer 1

This nifty function i got reserved should be handy:

It changes the title of the page to alert the user, and returns the function that will stop the interval(i.e. on a window.onmousemove listener).

function Alert(msg [, ti]) { 
// msg = the message, ti= time interval between title changes(default is 1.5s)
    var intervalId, oldTitle = document.title;
    intervalId = setInterval(function(){
        document.title = document.title == msg ? oldTitle : msg;
    }, ti ? ti : 1500);
    return function() {
    if(oldTitle) {
        clearInterval(intervalId);
        document.title = oldTitle;
    oldTitle = intervalId = null;
    }
    };
}