That's fair, I just wanted to know why before filing a ticket. http://code.google.com/p/growl/issues/detail?id=447
However, you describe something different. 2 behaviors that I'd like to account for: 1) When you walk away. Most people have their phones with them when they walk away. Perhaps we could add something additional to account for when you walk away and a bluetooth device is no longer detected. No promises, just a random thought. Would this fit into that use case for you? 2) Have something so that if xyz app is in front, do not display Growl notifications. Or if xyz app is launched. That might be neat. Again no promises. Thoughts? Chris On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is that as monitors are getting larger, the menu is > getting smaller, which makes it harder to tell at a glance what the > status of a menu item is. Big differences, such as the flashing Growl > icon are easy to spot. Subtle differences such as the same icon > that's either gray or black can be hard to recognize at a glance, > especially if the Growl icon isn't next to another black icon in the > menu bar. I barely notice a difference between the paused gray Growl > icon and the standard black icon. I was doing a presentation and > notifications started popping up. I thought for sure I'd paused > Growl, but I hadn't. > > The reason why it matters is this: you said "You know that you paused > Growl. Why do you need an icon which is more > annoying telling you that you paused it?" > > Generally speaking, pausing Growl is done for times when one doesn't > want notifications popping up, which may often include times when one > steps away from their Mac. If I'm doing a presentation, I don't want > notifications popping up, so I pause Growl. After a while, it's easy > to forget Growl is paused, especially if you left the room or started > working on something else. > > Growl pretty much IS the notification system for the Mac, right? I'd > think that pausing the notification system deserves to be a bit more > obvious in the tiny menu bar than the difference between #000 and > #333. > > I'm not complaining. I think Growl is fantastic and I'm amazed that > Apple hasn't bought it and built it into the OS. I'd just like it to > be more obvious at a glance of the menu bar that Growl is or isn't > active. > > On Feb 7, 1:44 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> 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. > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > -- 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.
