I think we should possibly put this on the website in a different form Peter. I think it explains Growl in a very succinct way. What do you think?
Chris On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Peter Hosey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 16, 2010, at 01:23:02, godette wrote: > > I've just installed Growl on my Mac 10.6 and I'm wondering what it is > that Growl does exactly? I know I know, it's a dumb question, but I'm very > new to all things tech and I thought all it did was tell me when I got new > emails. However, I went to the Growl website and it seems to do a whole lot > more, so I'm just wondering what and how do I use it to best effect? > > Growl is actually much more basic. The way it works is: > > 1. Something happens in an application. > 2. The application tells Growl that something happened. > 3. Growl presents that information to you. > > The example you cite is simply one instance of this: > > 1. You receive mail in a mail client. > 2. The mail client (or a plug-in for it, such as GrowlMail) tells Growl > that you received mail. > 3. Growl presents that information to you. > > There are others: > > 1. One of your instant-messaging contacts signed on. > 2. Your messaging client tells Growl that they signed on. > 3. Growl presents that information to you. > > 1. You upload a file to a server, or download it from a server, and that > transfer finishes. > 2. Your transfer client tells Growl that the transfer finished. > 3. Growl presents that information to you. > > etc. > > Growl itself doesn't go out and get any of this information. Growl is > simply a display mechanism, enabling applications to provide you with > information like this in a consistent, configurable way. Applications don't > have to all implement their own notification displays, and they won't step > all over each other. > > If you want Growl notifications when more things happen, use more programs > that can send such notifications, or install plug-ins for the programs you > already have. We have a list of software that supports Growl: > > http://growl.info/applications.php > > As I mentioned above, Growl is configurable. You can tell it to display > certain notifications in a different way—whether by giving them a different > look, or by telling Growl to read them aloud or send them as email or SMS > messages. We have a list of available visual displays: > > http://growl.info/styles.php > > (Say, I should add Christopher Lobay's styles to that page. Link: > http://fixedgear.ca/ ) > > -- > 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]<growldiscuss%[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.
