On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Chris Brewer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I purchased version 1.3. Downloaded it. The installer launched > (according to the App Store) and immediately indicated it was > installed. Launchpad showed a new app called "GrowlHelperApp". System > preferences shows that 1.2.2 is still installed. > > Nothing else happened. > > So I closed App Store, and reopened, and suddenly a Growl 1.3 screen > pops up and notifies me that I need to download an uninstall app > (seriously, come on guys, can't you uninstall your own software > without requiring me to download and run an app). We actually can't. Or we would. > But I digress. > Anyway, I did that, and ran the uninstaller. It didn't work, I presume > because I had my System Preferences open. So I closed that and ran it > again. Now, Growl 1.2.x preference pane is gone. Good deal. > > But there is no Growl 1.3 preference pane. > > So I go back into App Store, and instead of it reporting that Growl > 1.3 is installed, it gives me the option to install. So I do that. And > I'm presented with the same Growl 1.3 window, this time without the > prompt to uninstall. > > That's because 1.2.2 is gone now. > Now, when I look at LaunchPad, GrowlHelperApp has a question mark over > it, and there is now an app called Growl. I click that, and I'm shown > the preferences for Growl. > > GrowlHelperApp needs to be removed. Click and hold GrowlHelperApp until it shakes, and then click the X/ > But none of my apps work with it. And there is no preference pane for > Growl. Should there be one? > > No, Growl is now an application. We've already been simplifying a lot of our codebase due to this change, and we'll continue to do this. Just today another 10 lines of code were replaced by 2 lines of code that work better due to this change. That shouldn't matter to you really, just more explaining one of the reasons why. :) What applications do you want to work with Growl? Chris > Growl definitely worked better before you asked me to pay for it. I'd > kind of like it to be the other way around. > > -- > 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.
