What does "toast" mean?

Question

Curious what "Toast" means?

Saw this and am curious...

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Bouley

Want the complete source of my project? – Detonate

I would have named this thing "whack-a-mole" myself. – Quitclaim

wow I've never actually heard this term before somehow... how odd :) – Salvador

What an informational thread. I didn't even know those things had a name. – Ician

That's the first I've heard that, too. – Valdis

mmm....toast... – Scharf

I thought these were called "Flash Messages?" (from Ruby on Rails) – Rainbow

This makes me unreasonably happy. Thanks for asking – Roughdry

11.5 years later and I'm still toasting vis-à-vis ngx-toastr. Waiting for ngx-airfryer though. – Bouley

Answer 1

A small informational message that pops up like toast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(computing)

Ferriage

Learn something new every day...that's indeed the official name? Must be when it's referenced in the Wikipedia ;) – Appointee

Answer 2

It's a type of Window that "pops up" like toast:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms632289%28VS.85%29.aspx

An example of a Messenger toast is the message that appears on a user's desktop when one of the user's contacts signs in. Another example of Messenger toasts is the messages displayed when a user receives an alert from the .NET Alerts service. The following are examples of typical toasts:

Toffey

Answer 3

"Toast" refers to a UI feature where an event causes a small text box to appear at the bottom of the screen. The behavior seems like a piece of bread emerging from a toaster.

Socrates

Answer 4

It is a popup alert that generally appears on the right hand side of the screen, and is usually for notifications with great importance. There is generally a cool effect with it, such as fading or stretching.

In my question, the toast pops up and fades in.

Detonate

Answer 5

Toast is just another name for a pop-up notification, a small message that appears temporarily to communicate some information. Pop-ups referred to as “toast” are usually displayed at the bottom of the screen, and in some cases actually pop up like toast:

Photo above from Android Developers: Toasts

Siderite

Answer 6

Its a kind of notification that is poped up.

Amphetamine

The notification is Catholic? ;) – Rainbow