To be clear, you cannot specify which notification display to be used
unless you manipulate preferences. If you are a system administrator
over 5000 machines at a college, then that *might* be appropriate. As
an application developer though, that is very inappropriate.
>> That is, will my 'branding' survive regardless of the user's preferences?
>> Does this include like starting position?
> Applications can't set the starting position, or any other display settings.
Why do you want/need this?
Are you saying tha when 1.3 ships - if I install the Growl framework
'privately' that I cannot control the appearance of my notifications?
Branding and consistency are critically important characteristics of a
notification that we would want to serve.
Let's pretend: I'm Apple (or Pepsi, or Nike, or Starbucks, or ..) if
I want to serve up a custom notification and I have installed Growl
'privately' for this - then I don't want the user's predilections for
satanism, soft-core, whatever, hijacking my message...
So, in 1.3, here's what I think you said:
1) will be able to install 'privately' BUT
2) no developer control over notification characteristics
So all of the methods in GrowlSamplePrefs.h will disappear?
When 1.3 ships does this mean if I install my application on a Mac
that already has Growl installed then, using the new 1.3 Cocoa API, I
cannot present notifications to the user which comply with my 'brand-
approved' settings?
>> 3) Is there a way to make an application NOT appear in the 'Applications'
>> list in Growl's user preferences?
> No.
> User control—including the ability to override settings provided by default
> by applications—is a central Growl design principle.
Why do you want/need this?
--- Wanted to have a 'hard' answer for the horse's mouth. So this
represents the user's 'opt-out' mechanism for any application's Growl
behavior, yes?
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