"The menu items are kind of a red herring, since you really want to know about what caused these status items to change, and not the status items changing themselves."
Actually, that is what I want to see. That makes more sense. Thing is, I (although I should be careful what I do at school anyway) want to know when ARD kicks in because it's a strict school... not that I do anything inappropriate by anyone's definition, but because I want to look like I'm working :) Having this feature alone could possibly lead to a greater audience for Growl—"Try Growl, the app that tells you when you're being watched!* (*some conditions apply)" On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:15:27 AM UTC+9, Christopher Forsythe wrote: > > I'd take a step back and look at what you actually want here. The menu > items are kind of a red herring, since you really want to know about what > caused these status items to change, and not the status items changing > themselves. > > You have some great examples. I'd start by looking at what isn't covered > by hardwaregrowler. The hourly thing you talked about might be a good low > hanging fruit for your example. > > One thing to note, is that in general you probably want to see a > notification for something that you can do something about. > > Chris > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Chris Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Is there a way to have Growl report a status change in NSMenuExtra >> or NSStatusItem? For example, AirPort/WiFi disconnect, network change, >> Growl notifications by the hour instead of a voice-over for people to keep >> track of time, temperature alerts over a certain value, ARD client mode >> changed to "monitored" et cetera? I know certain apps integrate this, like >> Cody Kreiger's gfxCardStatus, but it growls on GPU change instead of Growl >> growling on menu item change. >> >> Any interest, is it doable by the team, or is there a way to write a >> plugin to enable this function? >> >> -- >> 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/-/KZIr7PcKVycJ. >> 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<https://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en> >> . >> > > > > -- > Chris Forsythe > @The_Tick <http://twitter.com/The_Tick> > > -- 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/-/OUGJ52ooDuoJ. 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.
