<s>
Snarl	B-Application
is	O
a	O
notification	O
system	O
for	O
Windows	O
inspired	O
by	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
that	O
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
display	O
alpha-blended	B-Algorithm
messages	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
notification	O
,	O
Snarl	B-Application
does	O
not	O
hijack	O
the	O
current	O
focused	O
window	O
,	O
nor	O
does	O
it	O
force	O
the	O
taskbar	O
to	O
be	O
visible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snarl	B-Application
can	O
display	O
several	O
messages	O
at	O
any	O
one	O
time	O
;	O
new	O
messages	O
are	O
simply	O
displayed	O
beneath	O
(	O
or	O
above	O
)	O
existing	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
of	O
other	O
applications	O
can	O
include	O
Snarl	B-Application
support	O
in	O
their	O
applications	O
with	O
almost	O
no	O
effort	O
at	O
all	O
-	O
Snarl	B-Application
uses	O
Windows	O
window	O
messaging	B-Protocol
functionality	O
to	O
show	O
and	O
hide	O
notifications	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
accessible	O
to	O
any	O
programming	O
language	O
from	O
low-level	O
pure	O
C	O
to	O
high-level	O
Visual	O
Basic	O
6	O
or	O
.NET-based	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
