A basic example of this might be the alert for apps like Thunderbird or Entourage which notify you of new emails. Hover over the alert to keep it from fading out and click it to go directly to the email.
The Android OS includes a "touch overlay" feature which provides a contextual menu upon touching the screen. Here's an example from Google Maps: Lastly, I've got custom AppleScript for rating songs in iTunes that pops up a minute or so after a song starts playing if it doesn't have a rating. Hope those help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40142 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
