>Hi Morgan,
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>>I just tried out your app, and I have 2 minor problems with it. The first is that I like my screen real estate, so I autohide the taskbar. That means your little icon flashes away like W.C. Fields' nose, but I can't see it. Don't see a good way around that for you, but it means that from the standpoint of alerting me to a new posting, it really doesn't help me.
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>Thanks. I have been thinking about adding a sound alert when there are new messages. I think I will do that, so that should help you. I just want to make sure it is easy to turn off so it isn't annoying for some ppl.

If you do add sound, it would be good to allow the user to choose the sound (ie a .wav file). That way if it does become annoying, well, you'll know who to blame.

Alan

>Secondly, if I have it open, when it starts to check for messages, it's interface freezes. I can't minimize it, can't close it, can't move it. I have to wait for it to finish. Of course, I can simply put it in the background by bringing some other app forward, but maybe a DoEvents in there somewhere?
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>I have noticed that. I have been thinking about adding some multi-threading to it, so it won't lock down the UI and the icon animation will work properly as well.
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>Thanks for the suggestions,
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>Morgan