Not that I should butt in, but I don't see the point of disallowing users from using Growl with applications other than the whitelisted applications. I could understand an admin wanting a white list that limits the number of Growl alerts, reducing user tickets.
However, if a Growl supporting application is installed in the system (which I would expect would require administrator access to install in the first place), what's the reasoning behind restricting a user from viewing its Growl alerts? The information it would publish via Growl is just accessible within the application itself, so the only thing you'd accomplish is making it harder for users to be informed about data they already have access to. Unless I'm missing something. (This is all from the perspective of someone who regularly works in managed environments.) On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Peter Hosey <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 18, 2010, at 21:22:20, Chris Forsythe wrote: >> This overrides one of our main goals, giving users the control. I'm ok with >> a white list, but the end user must have control. > > I think the rules are different in a managed environment. It's not the user's > computer, it's (effectively) the admin's, so it's the admin who should have > control. > > The user needs to have *some* control, such as the ability to disable certain > notifications and to customize their display to their taste, but when there > is an admin, the admin should have the power to set whatever limits they see > fit, including an exclusive list of applications allowed to post Growl > notifications. Allowing the user to override such a list undermines that > power. > > So, I think Growl should simply obey the whitelist, at least when it is > enforced, and display (one way or another) that there is one. -- 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.
