hm, when a contact connects on msn, or when you receive gmail, and get alerted via google talk...

there is a small notification popup that... pops up, normally, over the the systray... at the right in fact.

But, using litestep, the little popup (or toast... because it looks like a toast that's jumping out of the toaster) is at the left... even if the systray is not there... it's uncool when you're on mirc, type a message, and a toast covers the message you type... it's a big deconcentration (not sure it is the english word.).