could perhaps do something like

so you're only showing the paws.
you know, because it's paused…
:D



On 7 Feb 2012, at 21:44, Christopher Forsythe wrote:

> There are apps that have blue icons for new content, but for paused it's 
> pretty standard to put a more subdued icon in place. Fantastical has a 
> different icon that looks pretty nice, and so does Dropbox. That said, they 
> also have preferences for black icons. I'm ok with changing things if it 
> makes sense, but I'm not ok with a preference for it, if that makes sense.
> 
> You know that you paused Growl. Why do you need an icon which is more 
> annoying telling you that you paused it? That's the solution that you're 
> presenting, so what's the problem? :)
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's not a bad idea either.  A red circle with a slash over a grayed
> out icon would be superb.  It accomplishes both.
> 
> I do really like the flashing light cray icon I see when there are new
> notifications.  That's a very nice touch that I never noticed before.
> 
> On Feb 5, 4:49 pm, "Stephen J. Butler" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Growl needs a more obvious menu bar icon for when it's paused.  The
> > > gray icon still looks too similar to the standard icon, especially on
> > > a large monitor with high resolution.  A red icon when paused would be
> > > excellent.
> >
> > Would red/blue colorblind people be able to tell the difference
> > between a black icon and a red icon? I guess it depends on the color
> > of red used.
> >
> > Best practice is to change the icon shape somehow.
> 
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