Oh, well I sincerely apologize. If Growl still offers basic notification functionality for free and the app just enhances control, that completely debases my complaint and is entirely reasonable. I didn't research before complaining. I totally support the decision now and think you did the right thing. Keep up the good work!
On Nov 4, 6:56 pm, Chris Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you are only seeing part of the picture and making assumptions based > on that. We accounted for Developers not wanting to tell their users "hey go > spend 2 dollars to get notifications!". The 1.3 SDK includes the 1.3 > framework, which provides a notification built-in. If a user wants to > configure those outside of what the Developer provides, then they would need > Growl. > > On another note, to be quite honest I was about a month away from killing The > Growl Project overall until the start of what we have now was put into the > motions. We chose this option instead, and overall it is a pretty good move > for us. You'll have your opinions that you've stated here, and I doubt I'll > change those with what I've typed. So we'll just have to see. I will say that > we talked to a lot of Developers of applications that work with Growl prior > to making this choice, and they all were pretty positive about the change. > > -- > Chris Forsythe > > > > > > > > On Friday, November 4, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Emery wrote: > > Of course paying $2 for a good piece of software is not a big deal, > > and I am not a FLOSS nut. But I think this move is uniquely unethical. > > People used Growl as a simply, de-facto standard extension to the OS, > > a simple notification service. Developers use it for its ubiquity, and > > its ubiquity came from developers using it. To suddenly begin charging > > seems dishonest. The move will also will ultimately degrade its > > ubiquity, and lose its value. As a developer, I obviously will not be > > supporting Growl notifications anymore, and look forward to the FLOSS > > alternative that inevitably supersedes it. > > > -- > > 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] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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.
