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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)
As you all know, whenever a background app has something important to
say, it flashes its taskbar button orange.
If your taskbar is normally hidden, this also covers up important status
lines and toolbars in your foreground window. And that the bright
orange flash is REALLY distracting.
I found out how to reduce the flash to just once.
I'd like to do the following, as well:
- cancel the flashing completely
- change the orange to something less in-your-face
- stop certain programs (especially Messenger) from EVER being allowed
to flash the taskbar for petty nonsense like some dummy from the next
office wanting to know whether it's raining outside your window too
- make the taskbar go back down again instead of obstructing my work.
Having the alert for a half-second would be enough!
The default flashing taskbar is, unfortunately, probably the single most
counterproductive 'feature' of XP's interface.
As you all know, whenever a background app has something important to
say, it flashes its taskbar button orange.
If your taskbar is normally hidden, this also covers up important status
lines and toolbars in your foreground window. And that the bright
orange flash is REALLY distracting.
I found out how to reduce the flash to just once.
I'd like to do the following, as well:
- cancel the flashing completely
- change the orange to something less in-your-face
- stop certain programs (especially Messenger) from EVER being allowed
to flash the taskbar for petty nonsense like some dummy from the next
office wanting to know whether it's raining outside your window too
- make the taskbar go back down again instead of obstructing my work.
Having the alert for a half-second would be enough!
The default flashing taskbar is, unfortunately, probably the single most
counterproductive 'feature' of XP's interface.