[whatwg] Optional non-blocking mode for simple dialogs (alert, confirm, prompt).

[James Graham]

On 03/01/2011 04:50 PM, Ben Rimmington wrote:

> However, some mobile platforms have a local notification service [3]
> [4] [5] [6]. A new window.notify() function might be useful, so that
> a background card/tab/window can display a message to the user.

See [1] for the current state-of-play in giving access to system 
notification mechanisms.

[1] 
http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebNotifications/publish/Notifications.html