"Collection Sync Complete" message should be rendered differently (Windows)

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When Anki (Windows) displays “Collection Sync Complete”, it is rendered as a tooltip, and is an Always On Top window. As it is not a tooltip, this seems to go against Windows UI standards.

  1. This is an asynchronous notification, so it should probably be sent to the user as a Windows notification instead.
  2. If the devs don’t wish to use Windows notifications, then perhaps it could be changed to be displayed within the Anki window itself; for example, it could be shown as a line of text underneath the deck list, or at the bottom of the Anki window. Another option would be to temporarily change the title of the Anki window to append “Collection Sync Complete”.
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(Not trying to shoot down your suggestion, but just asking)
Could you provide some other softwares which give either of the two behaviours that you are describing for a similar scenario?

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Here are a couple of examples off the top of my head, where software uses Windows notifications for asynchronous events:

OpenVPN - When VPN is disconnected, it is reported as a Windows notification

Steel Series GG - A Windows notification is generated when it detects that there is a software update available

Discord - Generates Windows notifications for various events depending on the user configuration, e.g., when a new message arrives

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