Xfce4-notifyd is a notification service for the Xfce Desktop that implements most of the “server-side” portion of the Freedesktop desktop notifications specification. Applications that wish to pop up a notification bubble in a standard way can make use of the xfce4-notifyd service by sending standard messages over D-Bus using the org.freedesktop.Notifications interface. Read the specification here.

Several new features have been added in Xfce's Notification service, including a notifications log, the possibility to disable notifications per application, a global 'Do Not Disturb' mode, which inhibits all notifications, and finally a new animation ('slide out').

The new notification animation 'slide out'

A new panel plugin was added which provides quick access to both the 'Do Not Disturb' mode as well as the log of recent notifications.

The new panel plugin'

• Specification implementation – Which parts of which specifications are implemented and supported

• Preferences Dialog – Customize your notification settings

• Theming Examples – How to create a notification theme

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Reporting Bugs – Open bug reports and how to report new bugs