toast
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6.1
- noun
- /toʊst/
- Specialized
:
notificación breve
- By allowing toast notifications, users received quick alerts about incoming messages.
Examples
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So with that lockscreen notification functionality, let's say, for example, you don't want the toast notifications for text messages.
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If you disable the messaging on your lockscreen, will toasts no longer be displayed?
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Granted I don't use the Toast on my PS3 very often, but it would be nice to know when Maxi is playing Monster Hunter so I can jump in and see if he would like to hunt together.
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If you get a toast notification and all your icons on the top row are exactly how you have yours in the picture, you wouldn't be able to click any of them until the notification went away, which would actually be pretty annoying, IMO.
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That is, while full-screen notifications still display in a theme-colored modal band in the center of the screen, app-based notification toasts now appear in the upper right corner of the screen.
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You can use toast notifications to inform users about updates without interrupting their workflow.
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The app displayed a toast that confirmed your settings were successfully saved.
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
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5.8
A term for small things people buy that are not necessary and blamed for bigger money problems
- Formal
A short speech while people raise glasses to celebrate being free or a new start
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
The computing use of toast borrows a simple image: like a piece of toast popping up from a toaster, a toast message appears briefly on the screen. So a toast notification is a short, quick message that shows and then goes away.