On 8 Feb 2013, at 04:55 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Clemens Lang <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'd suggest we'll leave Growl in the state it currently is, because it
>> is a waste of time to put effort into it. Let's just hope it dies out
>> quickly and is replaced by Notification Center.
> 
> Personally I'm hoping Notification Center either dies out or becomes a 
> non-toy; Growl shows the way there.  (Sadly, Apple probably thinks it's fine 
> as is, iOS having demonstrated for years that they don't really grok the 
> point of notifications --- which to my eyes is proof that Apple stopped being 
> the pinnacle of UI development years ago.)  What we have now is "fine" if you 
> think iToys have usable notification services; but notification is a large 
> chunk of why I gave up on iToys.
> 
> (And yes, I fully expect Apple to find ways to kill off Growl because how 
> dare users want something that does what they need instead of being pointless 
> and flashy?)

Personally, I agree with the original sentiment. I've used growl for years and 
like it, but think the notification centre is an improvement. I still have 
growl installed, but just configure it to forward everything to NC...

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