Firstly, I'm not one of the devs. I'm like you - a long time user. In order for Growl to be in the App Store, the devs had to make may of the changes you're not happy with. Apple is very picky about what can and cannot go into the App Store. Preference Panes aren't allowed nor are mail bundles - which is why I assume GrowlMail is likely a separate download now and, you'll note, not available via the App Store.
Frankly, I'm amazed Apple even allows Growl (and Hardware Growler) to be there as an application that has a faceless mode (no menubar or dock icon) - it'd make much more sense to allow Pref Panes! 1.3.x has it's quirks, but each update fixes tons of issues. I bet 1.3.3 will be even better. I do miss access to the beta, or rather the way that the "old" version had a page to download it if you knew where to look. While messy and unorganized in terms of bug reports, I bet that "beta access" caught many bugs before a release that most users saw. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/growldiscuss/-/SowNbVBtTzwJ. 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.
