it is a difficult one. Basically, try to think of all the applications you have that like to tell you when something has happened. For example: * your browser when a download has finished * your chat application when somebody has sent you a message (even when you aren’t necessarily focused on your chat application right now * your feed-reader when some new articles are available * your ftp client when file transfers have finished
Now imagine a world where there was a uniform, non-intrusive way for these notifications to be displayed to you, which you can configure (and decide which notifications you actually care about) in one easy place. Now for bonus, imagine a couple of the things, like when you get a new email in Mail, or when a new track begins in iTunes and you wonder “what was this track again?”, that it would also be pretty cool if your computer just told you about, in a uniform and non-intrusive manner. …and now you’re getting to somewhere that Growl is. try it for a bit. then you’ll miss it when it’s gone. On 5 Jan 2010, at 21:04, Christopher Forsythe wrote: > There's not really a way that we've found to do that. If you have any > suggestions we'll be glad to hear them, but we've tried and haven't figure > out how to do it in about 5 years. > > Chris > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:28 AM, John Lake <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been poking around for information on Growl and have come to the > following conclusion: The Growl project is run by techies, not marketing > people. The problem with that is that while MacWorld just named Growl one of > the top pieces of software for 2009, there is pretty much nothing that I > found that shows me the need that Growl fills. I've not found an example of > why I should want to download and install it. > > What does it do that is not accomplished without it? > > How does it make my life simpler? > > Apparently, this is all clear to programmers . . . how about dialing it down > so us users can understand it? > > thanks, > > John > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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.--
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