Growl
I've been using Growl for a while now. It's a global notification system for Mac OS X. What does that mean?That means that whenever I download something in Safari or upload something via Cyberduck, a little translucent window pops up to tell me that the download / upload is complete. It also means that whenever I get a new email, a small window pops up to tell me that I've received new messages and their subject lines, and SpamSieve pops up a window to tell me how many of the messages received are good.
Growl is one of those things that I forget isn't a default part of OS X. Every so often it reminds me of things without being overly intrusive. Since updating to Tiger, I had missed it. I just reinstalled it, so I thought I'd pass it along to the rest of you. Make sure you check out the Extras folder for plug-ins for various programs like iTunes and Mail.app. It's free. Enjoy.
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I've been using Growl for a while now. It's a global notification system for Mac OS X. What does that mean? That means that whenever I...
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I looked at growl....but decided to stick with iAlert. The options in iAlert are real nice and it doesn't take a whole lot of afterwork (once the app is installed) http://angeman.perso.cegetel.net/iAlert/ I like Mail aggregator too, but iAlert has taken over since MA doesn't work in tiger
May 04 2005 at 3:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhey c.k.... and to continue our conversation on chat aggregators... Adium now uses Growl also... a tremendous boon for me on my cinema display where i could possibly miss an IM comment from one of our 75+ bloggers when i have about a bajillion other windows open... i love it...
May 03 2005 at 11:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGreat! I heard about this a while back but never followed up on it...I just got it and love it. One question, does anyone know if you can change the position of the bubles? I dont want to use Bezel but i want it in upper-left not upper-right?
May 02 2005 at 10:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi've been using mail.appetizer ( http://www.bronsonbeta.com/mailappetizer/ ) for my interaction with mail.app. it's not tiger-ready (yet), but an indispenable piece of software for me.
May 02 2005 at 5:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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