iAlertisapreferencepanewhichallowsyoutodisplayanalertwithatransparentfloatingwindowwheneveraparticulareventoccursandletsyouinteractwiththeapplicationthatlaunchedit.Thebuilt-inpluginscanshowalertswhen:websitesareupdatedadownloadiscompletedinSafariorFirefoxnewarticlesarefetchedinSafariRSSyoureceivenewmessagesinMail,EntourageorThunderbirdyoureceivenewmessagesoryourfriendsgetconnectedoniChatanewsongisplayediniTunesYoucanalsosetupalarmsandtimers.Thealertsarefullycustomizableandyoucancontroltheirsize,theirpositiononthescreen,theiropacity,theircolorandtheirbackgroundpicture.iAlertsupportsplugins:youcanuseAppleScript,makeashellscriptorusetheiAlertBridgeframeworkinyourcocoaapplicationtoaddyourownalerts(SeeiAlertUserGuidefordocumentation).What’sNew:Version6.2:TigeronlyversionSIMBLinstallationrequiredNewfeatures:Anewruleactionisavailable:youcannowdeletealertsFixes:MailcouldhangwhenfetchingnewmessagesRequirements:MacOSX10.4orlater.