what javascript can I use to show a popup message similar to Alert() but does not request an answer?

Question

Alert() stops the underlying javascript from continuing until the user clicks on the alert button. This stops a timer that I have on the main javascript which is no good for me. Is there anything that I can use that shows a message but does not stop the underlying script?

A window.open is no good if the end user has popups blocked.

Answer 1

Create and style a div to look like an alert. Then its a matter of using DOM Scripting to dynamically assemble and display the div (positioned absolutely on a page). That way the javascript is not halted by the modality, and your code can continue.

Answer 2

You might want to look at the Yahoo UI Logger, which will enable you to log messages to a console without interrupting program flow. It's not a popup, but it might do what you want.