Josh, thanks for your explanation, but see my comments interspersed with your response.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dick, > Generally, notifications stay on screen for a limited time only (reason > being, so the screen doesn't fill up with notifications) > as an exception to this rule, some notifications are made 'sticky' by the > application sending them. Sticky notifications will stay on the screen until > you close them. > > The option 'Leave notifications on screen after ...', effectively makes all > notifications sticky if your computer has been inactive for that given > number of seconds. Handy if you want to know what's been happening while > you've been away from your screen. > That's what doesn't work. I have "Leave ..." checked, with a 2-second time. So basically, after 2 seconds of doing nothing, the notifications should STICK. But they don't. I modified Gee to say Stay on screen: Always, and then they would stick. But "Leave..." is being ignored if the Application Decides. I have Firefox that way (default as-installed), and when I "Clear Cache", the notification appears, and 5 seconds later goes away. Meanwhile, I'm not doing anything... just sitting waiting to see what happens. > You can also decide which types of notifications from each application are > sticky or not, within the applications tab of growl preferences. These > settings also allow you to override the applications preference for whether > its notifications are sticky or not. > So for example, if you wanted Firefox's notifications to always stay on > screen until you acknowledge them, you can go into Growl > prefs->Applications, select Firefox->Configure..., then under Notifications, > set General Notification's 'Stay on screen' option to Always. (Firefox only > uses this blanket 'General Notification' type for all messages. If one wants > finer-grained control like eg. Adium, then the Firefox developers are the > ones to bug about it, as this is their responsibility.) > > Back to normal (not Sticky) notifications: > If you wish for normal notifications to stay on the screen for a different > amount of time before disappearing, check in the Display Options section of > Growl. As you can see, the options are dependent upon which display style > you are using, but most have a Duration option to set this display time. You > can't go as far as 5 minutes, I'm guessing because the intention is more to > use sticky notifications for this behaviour, rather than blanket setting all > notifications to display for a long time? > > Hope that clarifies matters, > Josh > > On 1 Sep 2009, at 07:33, Dick Guertin wrote: > > So you're saying I need to set it to 1-second to get it to persist? And > after > 1-second, will it remain until I close it myself? What's the default time > for > any notice to remain on the screen? > > Dickster > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Chris Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> For the inactivity setting, that's how long before things start >> sticking. So for that 300, it'd be 5 minutes of no mouse, keyboard, or >> any other kind of input. >> >> Chris >> >> On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Dickster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > I read the Mark thread started by Martin S. Taylor (Sticky >> > Notifications: I'm confused), and wanted to report that notifications >> > from Firefox, like "Cache Cleared", only stay on the screen for about >> > 5 to 10 seconds, and then automatically disappear. This happens >> > regardless of the "Sticky Notifications" checkmark in the GrowlMenu, >> > which checks/unchecks "Leave notifications on screen after <n> seconds >> > of inactivity". But with the checkmark, and the checked box, these >> > notifications from Firefox only stay a short period. I have <n> set >> > at 300, or 5 minutes. I expected notifications to stay 5 minutes, but >> > they don't REGARDLESS of the state of the Sticky Notifications >> > checkmark (linked to Leave... checkbox). >> > >> > How do I get notifications to stay for 5 minutes? I'm confused. >> > (That now make two of us, Martin & me). >> > >> > Dickster >> > >> > > >> >> >> > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
