Everyone Read: Mchat

[Chron]

Abe seems to think that would be too much work to do.

I'd love to see the code, but I know that's not gonna happen.

[Majikn]

You could just make it so that the sounds don't play when the window is active.

[Mikero]

And that's why Majikn is a smart cookie.

[Chron]

Monitoring the window's focus is more complex than you'd think.

Much easier to make a switch.

[Mikero]

I'm sure you're right, but if MSN can do it there's no reason a far cooler instant messaging system shouldn't! Of course, MSN is a whole program not an applet or whatever. I don't know programming.

"Applet" sounds like a little apple. But cuter than a crab apple which are sour and all gross but are great to throw at each other when you're a kid and live in my old project back when I was eight.

[Chron]

Javascript.
Javascript is the reason.

although to be honest i'm not wholly familiar with it

[Vinchenz Rock]

A switch would be so freakin' simple.

If noise = 1
play.noise.wav
else
DO NOTHING
end if

And when you log on, automatically turn noise into true.

[Majikn]

*starts looking up the script*

Ugh, I keep getting ##### for "how to keep the window active"
I don't want to make an annoying pop-up ad, damnit!

You'd think they would just have a "window.active" thing or something like that.

EDIT: Might this help?
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=568178&SiteID=1

[Orange Devil]

This topic is fruitless now.

[Abominator]

Right, guys, stop trying to code something you clearly don't know about.

In fact, I'll just close this until I have fully investigated sound and custom avs.

Posted on: 10 October 2008, 18:42:34

Apparently I have to tell you all that I meant no offense in that last comment.