Toasty Alternatives
Toasty is described as 'lets you receive push notifications on your Windows Phone 7 device while you are on the go. Some of the key features are:' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Toasty for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Online / Web-based, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is Snarl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Toasty are Growl for Windows, Notify OSD, Specto and Notifo.
Snarl is a notification system for Windows. It provides a standard, simple way for application to notify you, the end user, of important events.
Growl for Windows is a Windows-compatible version of Growl , a notification system for Mac OS X.
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DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.0.9.1, released in March 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website and GitHub
Canonicals on-screen-display notification agent, implementing the freedesktop.org Desktop Notifications Specification with semi-transparent click-through bubbles.
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Specto is a desktop application that will watch configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then trigger notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an image, etc)...
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DiscontinuedThe program is not actively maintained anymore. Last version, 0.4.1, released in August 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Notifo is a mobile notifications platform empowering developers to build their own services with a scalable and reliable notifications API. The Notifo API is a simple and affordable way to add notifications to any web app or project.
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DiscontinuedGet notified when your commands are done.
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