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Reminds me that old programs, be it Maya, Emacs, or even MFC days had a status bar for most simple notifications.



Status bars are a far superior option for this sort of thing than toasts. As another commenter said, toasts appear to be a UX compromise that was necessitated by mobile (where a status bar is tough), but has sadly infected desktops as well.




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