How to create the title alert effect like Facebook?

Question

How to create flashing title effect like facebook? Means, when you are chatting with someone and a new message is received, a title starts to switch between the original tit

Answer 1

Set an interval that switches the title every few seconds. Untested code:

function flashTitle(pageTitle, newMessageTitle)
{
    if (document.title == pageTitle)
    {
        document.title = newMessageTitle;
    }
    else
    {
        document.title = pageTitle;
    }
}

setInterval("flashTitle('Facebook', 'New message from John Doe!')", 800);