Thanks for the fast reply. Sorry if I am grumpy about this, but on my other Mac applications, I do not see this type of update reminder that appears in the upper right of the screen, as the Growl one does. It is effective, but I also find it intrusive. If I click it to close it, it just comes back and I have to go through a process like I am now doing to figure out what is going on.
I understand your concerns about direct contact, but have experience with this type of help bulletin board where I have to go through a process of joining, etc. then posting my concern, then never seeing a response. It is more complicated than just sending an email. However, you monitor this discussion, so I appreciate the fast reply. I have already uninstalled Growl mostly as a result of the unwanted reminders. I was not aware you could turn them off until I received your reply. You might consider a gentler and less persistent way of reminding about updates. I am not sure what that might be, but at least make a way in the reminder box to permanently turn this off, rather than having to find the control panel and turn it off there. On Jul 21, 7:42 am, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > You can eliminate it yourself. Go into the Growl preferences, in the about > tab, and uncheck the checkbox to check for updates. > > We're not OK with direct contact on things like this, since others may run > into the same problem. It's better that someone be able to find the response > if they are searching with a search engine, than to have to answer the same > question repeatedly. This actually improves accountability, since we have > multiple people on this list involved with the project who can help you. > Also, we have lives too, and emailing an individual may end up with no > response for days (this weekend I would not respond to you for instance). > > Also, please click the big red link on the front ofhttp://growl.info, which > will likely explain how you have Growl installed in the first place. > > Chris > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Growl Developers: > > > I am getting repeated reminders on my desktop to download the new > > version of Growl. I am not sure what Growl is, and may or may not be > > interested in a new version, but do not like this type of intrusive > > reminder that will not go away. > > > Could the Growl team please eliminate this kind of update reminder? > > > I am also concerned that there is no direct way to contact the > > developers, or so it seems. I suggest that there should be a way to > > contact these folks. They seem to be OK with posting annoying, > > anonymous messages (almost like SPAM) on my desktop, but do not seem > > to want to be accountable. > > > Richard > > > -- > > 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.
