// inject a notification into the view or method
$this->addFooterItem(
    Core::make('helper/concrete/ui')->notify(
        array(
            // type
            // - info: blue background and light blue text
            // - success: green background and white text
            // - error: red background and white text
            'type' => 'info',
            // icon
            // - display Font Awesome icon
            'icon' => 'fa fa-internet-explorer',
            // title
            // - h4 title text
            'title' => t('Old Browser Alert'),
            // text
            // - notification body text
            'text' => t('Ewwww you are using an old version of Internet Explorer!'),
            // form
            // - add an opening "<form>" tag and then form elements???
            // 'form' => '<form><input type="text" ><br>',
            // hide
            // false: the notification stays on screen until closed
            // true: the notification slides out of view after 2000ms
            'hide' => false,
            // addclass
            // - this class is added to the div with the class of "ui-pnotify" for custom styling
            'addclass' => 'my-notification-class',
            // buttons
            // - are added as children of "<div class="ccm-notification-inner-buttons">"
            // - multiple buttons can be added
            'buttons' => array(
                sprintf('<a class="btn btn-primary" href="%s">%s</a>', \URL::to('/beer'), t('Click Here To Upgrade'))
 
            // Defaults:
            // 'type' => 'success',
            // 'icon' => 'fa fa-check-mark',
            // 'title' => false,
            // 'text' => false,
            // 'form' => false,
            // 'hide' => false,
            // 'addclass' => 'ccm-notification-page-alert',
            // 'buttons' => array(),
        )
    ))
);
 

 
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
    ConcreteAlert.notify({
        type: 'info',
        icon: 'internet-explorer',
        title: 'Old Browser Alert',
        message: 'Ewwww you are using an old version of Internet Explorer!',
        hide: true,
    });
});
 
// Defaults:
// concrete\js\build\core\app\alert.js
// notify: function(defaults) {
//     var options = $.extend({
//         type: 'success',
//         icon: 'check',
//         title: false,
//         message: false,
//         appendTo: false,
//         delay: 2000,
//         callback: function() {}
//     }, defaults);
 
//     var notifyOptions = {
//         text: options.message,
//         icon: 'fa fa-' + options.icon,
//         type: options.type,
//         delay: options.delay,
//         after_close: options.callback
//     };
</script>