Qtnotifydaemon is flexible and configurable notification daemon. It supports HTML, close by click, synchronous messages(like notifications about sound volume), its appearance is fully user-defined.

INSTALL
To build from source type "qmake && make", copy "qtnotifydaemon" binary file to /usr/bin/ , and put next text to /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service :

[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
Exec=/usr/bin/qtnotifydaemon

CONFIGURATION
Default config file $HOME/.config/qtnotifydaemon/qtnotifydaemon.conf will appear after first launch.
