Preview of toast notifications using a platform-agnostic method in XAF v16.2.5 - YOUR FEEDBACK IS NEEDED!!!

I am still forcing myself to go to sleep after watching an unreal football drama in Barcelona, so I am writing this short blog post at night.
Besides Visual Studio 2017 official support, XAF v16.2.5 delivers a small gem, which I cannot hide from you too long. Remember that this is an early preview of the functionality we hope to officially release by v17.1 and which is have polished in the coming 2-3 months. So, your feedback is welcome, as always!

Let's modify the platform-agnostic Controller from our demo (C:\Users\Public\Documents\DevExpress Demos 16.2\Components\eXpressApp Framework\SimpleProjectManager\CS\SimpleProjectManager.Module\Controllers\ProjectTaskController.cs) by adding the Application.ShowViewStrategy.ShowMessage call at the end of the Execute event handler:
...
            markCompletedAction.Execute += (s, e) => {
                IObjectSpace viewDataContext = View.ObjectSpace;
                foreach(ProjectTask task in e.SelectedObjects) {
                    task.EndDate = DateTime.Now;
                    task.Status = ProjectTaskStatus.Completed;
                    viewDataContext.SetModified(task); // Mark the changed object as 'dirty' (only required if data properties do not provide change notifications).
                }
                viewDataContext.CommitChanges();
                //viewDataContext.Refresh(); // Optionally update the UI in accordance with the latest data changes.
                Application.ShowViewStrategy.ShowMessage(string.Format("{0} task(s) have been completed!", e.SelectedObjects.Count), InformationType.Success, 4000, InformationPosition.Top);
            };
...
Now, let's start the Windows and Web apps, select a few uncompleted tasks in the ProjectTask ListView and execute the Done! command from the menu.
A nice notification window is managed using the dxToast widget (invoked via the  DevExpress.ui.notify method) from our DevExtreme HTML5/JavaScript library:





Windows < 8
A Microsoft Outlook-styled notification window managed with the AlertControl component from our XtraBars library:


Windows 8, 8.1, 10
A Windows 10-styled notification window managed by the Toast Notification Manager component from our XtraBars library:







Customization and configuration
You can control the notification appearance and position using the InformationType and InformationPosition enumerations, which are quite self explanatory:

    public enum InformationType {
        Info = 0,
        Warning = 1,
        Error = 2,
        Success = 3
    }
    public enum InformationPosition {
        Top = 0,
        Right = 1,
        Bottom = 2,
        Left = 3
    }

For instance, check out what Information, Warning and Error types look like on the Web:




protected virtual AlertControl ShowMessageWithAlertControl(string message, int displayInterval, InformationType type) { ... }
protected virtual ToastNotification ShowMessageWithToastNotificationManager(string message, int displayInterval, InformationType type) {...}



WebWindow.CurrentRequestWindow.RegisterStartupScript("infoMessage", string.Format("DevExpress.ui.notify({{message: '{0}',type: '{1}', displayTime: {2}, position: {{my:'{3}', at: '{3}'}} }});", message, type.ToString().ToLower(), displayInterval, position.ToString().ToLower()));