Bezel usage

djmori · Post by **djmori** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:39 pm

Zeremus X wrote:I use bezel often. The main reason I use it is it is one of the only ones that can be moved to the bottom left of my screen. I really like the crystal theme but it only goes on the top right of my screen. One of the reasons I like Bezel is when you have around 5 alerts at one time they dont take up the whole screen. If there is any way to change some of the other styles so that I can move them into other parts of the screen that would be awsome.

I'm with Zeremus

Post by **The_Tick** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:49 pm

Zeremus X wrote:I use bezel often. The main reason I use it is it is one of the only ones that can be moved to the bottom left of my screen. I really like the crystal theme but it only goes on the top right of my screen. One of the reasons I like Bezel is when you have around 5 alerts at one time they dont take up the whole screen. If there is any way to change some of the other styles so that I can move them into other parts of the screen that would be awsome.

We should hopefully have positioning for .8 for all displays taht require it.

djmori · Post by **djmori** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:57 am

And what do you think about the "single line alerts" (those alertes on hold wait until the one that's active goes away) feature of bezel? Any thougths about inlcuding it in other displays?

ofri · Post by **ofri** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:42 pm

djmori wrote:And what do you think about the "single line alerts" (those alertes on hold wait until the one that's active goes away) feature of bezel? Any thougths about inlcuding it in other displays?

There are 2 kinds of styles: multiple windows, and single window.
We hope to include at least one new single window style in .8.
Also adding an option for multiple windows style to be single window is an interesting idea...

- Ofri

djmori · Post by **djmori** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:54 pm

ofri wrote:
djmori wrote:And what do you think about the "single line alerts" (those alertes on hold wait until the one that's active goes away) feature of bezel? Any thougths about inlcuding it in other displays?
There are 2 kinds of styles: multiple windows, and single window.
We hope to include at least one new single window style in .8.
Also adding an option for multiple windows style to be single window is an interesting idea...

- Ofri

Woow I'll be looking forward to that single window display.
And I see that right know there is a "limit to 2-5 lines" checkbox in multiple windows displays. You guys could add another checkbox as "limit to a single line"... guess the code would be similar to!

ofri · Post by **ofri** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:39 pm

Sorry, apparently the new style i talked about is targeted to .9.

Post by **The_Tick** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:44 pm

ofri wrote:Sorry, apparently the new style i talked about is targeted to .9.

If we can do it for .8 that's fine, but we have a ton of work already, *sigh*

djmori · Post by **djmori** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:37 pm

seems that's is gonna be a great release!

bellac · Post by **bellac** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:38 pm

Smoke has been my default for a long time.

ofri · Post by **ofri** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:54 pm

The_Tick wrote:
ofri wrote:Sorry, apparently the new style i talked about is targeted to .9.
If we can do it for .8 that's fine, but we have a ton of work already, *sigh*

heh yeah

djmori · Post by **djmori** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:04 pm

ofri wrote:
The_Tick wrote:
ofri wrote:Sorry, apparently the new style i talked about is targeted to .9.
If we can do it for .8 that's fine, but we have a ton of work already, *sigh*
heh yeah

Maybe you guys should make a Growl Displays Contests.
the best ones could be included in future relases.

Muriac · Post by **Muriac** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:14 am

I would use the Bezel if Peripheral Vision supported Growl. They don't yet, although one of their people told me support was "planned".

GreySim · Post by **GreySim** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:54 pm

I use Smoke for things that aren't important, like Adium, and I use Bezel centered for important things like FTP upload complete notifications. Pyn looks really nice though and will probably replace Smoke for many things when it's done.

nanovivid · Post by **nanovivid** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:20 pm

GreySim wrote:Pyn looks really nice though and will probably replace Smoke for many things when it's done.

It's actually called Nano. Pyn is the name of the guy who created the mockup.

thelouisguy · Post by **thelouisguy** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:14 am

I only use Bezel because I find it blends into the Mac OS X interface a lot better than the other ones. I have no problem with the Growl Bezel, the only thing is that I would like to know how to move the Mac one (that shows volume, brightness, etc) to the top right corner (where I have my Growl one).

Keep up the good work!

Theow593 · Post by **Theow593** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:20 am

djmori wrote: Maybe you guys should make a Growl Displays Contests.
the best ones could be included in future relases.

But if you make one, you can just put it on ResExcellence for all to enjoy now.

John Don · Post by **John Don** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:11 pm

I'm of the bunch that never uses Bezel. If I remember correctly, when Adium first started doing notifications (internally), it used a display similar to the Bezel we have now in Growl. However, once Growl came out, I abandoned that Bezel look immediately. Since day 1 of Growl, my Adium uses Bubbles, my system alerts/ notifications use Brushed, and my iTunes uses Music Video. Put these 3 combinations together and I think you have the uber-notification system. At least from my point of view, lol

ofri · Post by **ofri** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:57 pm

John Don wrote:If I remember correctly, when Adium first started doing notifications (internally), it used a display similar to the Bezel we have now in Growl.

It was named "Bezel" in adium, and IIRC was "ported" to growl by eevyl who wrote it in the first place.

Post by **The_Tick** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:14 am

ofri wrote:
John Don wrote:If I remember correctly, when Adium first started doing notifications (internally), it used a display similar to the Bezel we have now in Growl.
It was named "Bezel" in adium, and IIRC was "ported" to growl by eevyl who wrote it in the first place.

Eevyl rewrote it for Growl due to gpl implications, and it was easier if I remember right.

snarfer · Post by **snarfer** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:35 pm

Just for the fun of it, I voted "Bezel?".

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Bezel usage

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