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BetacommandBot ( talk) 17:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
What is the origin of that word (both symbolic and historic usage in user interfaces)?
In the French equivalent of that wiki page, the word Toast is credited (but unfortunately without a reference) to a Microsoft employee who described the name being linked to how that graphical element is similar to how toasts come out of a toaster.
Even though this may be stating the obvious, this is not strictly speaking obvious since that display method is not described in the article, more essentially since it is not an essential characteristic of a toast ("a toast is a small, informational window [...] notify users of various kinds of events" is the essence of a toast): in the Android-based user interfaces for instance, it is generally accepted that toasts fade in and out. Therefore it should make sense to mention both the symbolic and historical origin of the word.-- 138.231.140.26 ( talk) 06:38, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I think Toast (computing) and pop-up notification must be merged because their subjects are the same thing. (Exactly the same thing.)
To be certain, I asked one of my fellow admins "what is the difference between a "toast" and a "pop-up"? (This is a trick question, since it implies there must be a difference.) He mumbled something about pop-up notifications are like comic book balloons but that's it. Well, the fact that the two articles show wrong images ( File:GNOME-Music-Applet-screenshot.png in "toast" and File:Lubuntu Desktop Notification 01.png in "pop-up notification") is telltale sign that they are the same. Best regards, Codename Lisa ( talk) 01:45, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Codename Lisa ( talk) 01:45, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Can I add the example image from here to show an Android "toast" in the section Support on Different Systems? I will crop the image to show only the screen, rather than the whole phone. I would upload it with similar bibliography information to the existing image in the section. I'm only worried that it might increase focus on Android while the article is too general for it. But I believe the "toast" example is a better fit for the article than the notification drawer example (so we can consider replacing instead of addition). For balance, I could also create and include a Windows balloon notification example too.-- ADTC Talk Ctrb 06:37, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
This page is listed as “toast” in the widget template. Can somebody please explain where this name comes from? It seems very unconventional and uncommon to me, and this page does not even include the word “toast” but only “toastings” (which I also never heard before). The term “pop-up notification” is much more spot on and easier to understand and recognize for me, although I don't know how popular it is. so I think the template should be edited to use the term “pop-up notification” instead. -- Wiki-Wuzzy ( talk) 00:49, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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Image:Gmail Notifier.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 17:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
What is the origin of that word (both symbolic and historic usage in user interfaces)?
In the French equivalent of that wiki page, the word Toast is credited (but unfortunately without a reference) to a Microsoft employee who described the name being linked to how that graphical element is similar to how toasts come out of a toaster.
Even though this may be stating the obvious, this is not strictly speaking obvious since that display method is not described in the article, more essentially since it is not an essential characteristic of a toast ("a toast is a small, informational window [...] notify users of various kinds of events" is the essence of a toast): in the Android-based user interfaces for instance, it is generally accepted that toasts fade in and out. Therefore it should make sense to mention both the symbolic and historical origin of the word.-- 138.231.140.26 ( talk) 06:38, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I think Toast (computing) and pop-up notification must be merged because their subjects are the same thing. (Exactly the same thing.)
To be certain, I asked one of my fellow admins "what is the difference between a "toast" and a "pop-up"? (This is a trick question, since it implies there must be a difference.) He mumbled something about pop-up notifications are like comic book balloons but that's it. Well, the fact that the two articles show wrong images ( File:GNOME-Music-Applet-screenshot.png in "toast" and File:Lubuntu Desktop Notification 01.png in "pop-up notification") is telltale sign that they are the same. Best regards, Codename Lisa ( talk) 01:45, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Codename Lisa ( talk) 01:45, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Can I add the example image from here to show an Android "toast" in the section Support on Different Systems? I will crop the image to show only the screen, rather than the whole phone. I would upload it with similar bibliography information to the existing image in the section. I'm only worried that it might increase focus on Android while the article is too general for it. But I believe the "toast" example is a better fit for the article than the notification drawer example (so we can consider replacing instead of addition). For balance, I could also create and include a Windows balloon notification example too.-- ADTC Talk Ctrb 06:37, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
This page is listed as “toast” in the widget template. Can somebody please explain where this name comes from? It seems very unconventional and uncommon to me, and this page does not even include the word “toast” but only “toastings” (which I also never heard before). The term “pop-up notification” is much more spot on and easier to understand and recognize for me, although I don't know how popular it is. so I think the template should be edited to use the term “pop-up notification” instead. -- Wiki-Wuzzy ( talk) 00:49, 9 July 2015 (UTC)