Right, I'm going to assume that is about the same length that Francis is talking about. Which is fine with something that has 2-3 lines, you could just wrap it. But there's other bits to it that just require some thought to make it right. For instance, can we somehow indicate that a line was wrapped without real issues there?
-- Chris Forsythe @The_Tick (http://twitter.com/The_Tick) On Friday, May 18, 2012 at 9:10 PM, TJ Luoma wrote: > The only issue I've run into isn't the 5 lines, but that if the notification > contains a file path (/Users/name/path/to/some/file.ext) it can be hidden if > it is too long because it doesn't wrap it there's no space to force a line > break. > > TjL > > On May 18, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Chris Forsythe <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > We've taken the position that a notification is something that should be > > small. We have the checkbox you are referring to because some people about > > 6 years ago decided to argue on irc for 3 days straight about this, and > > finally I just had to make a decision on it. > > > > Growl displays notifications, that's the bottom line. If it's more than 5 > > lines, is it really a notification anymore? Our thoughts are that no, these > > are not notifications, but something more. I can understand where you are > > coming from, but at the end of the day we feel that a notification should > > be some small tidbit of information, and if you want to know more you can > > click to see it. :) > > > > -- > > Chris Forsythe > > @The_Tick (http://twitter.com/The_Tick) > > > > > > On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Francis McGrew wrote: > > > > > Since notifications are limited to 5 lines by default, if a single line > > > is too long it will take up two lines, and the bottom lines will be cut > > > off. Since my app displays song titles/albums that can be very long, I > > > have to implement my own clipping code to make sure all my 5 lines are > > > displayed. This is kind of a hack, so I want to request a mechanism to > > > have Growl clip long lines to a single line by truncating the tail or > > > middle with an ellipsis. Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > 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/-/q_vV8sxT0mUJ. > > > 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 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] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[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.
