I used to have that activated for GChat but got tired of it. I think it's more annoying than the title bar, but at least you can turn it off. Alerts should be

I used to have that activated for GChat but got tired of it. I think it's more annoying than the title bar, but at least you can turn it off. Alerts should be there when I want to look for them - they shouldn't pull me out of what I'm doing. If they have to pop up on the screen for me to notice them it probably means I'm paying attention to something else.