Growl....just not customisable enough...

owaters · Post by **owaters** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:04 pm

Hi peeps,

Is it just me or do you think Growl just isn't customisable enough?

All the 'Display Styles' just don't have enough customisation. You can't choose an exact position...size...colour...transition etc.

A program like this has all the potential to be awesome but at the moment I just don't think it is good enough.

Any other comments?

Ollie

Post by **The_Tick** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:13 pm

Hi Ollie,

We're actually working towards that, remember we're only at .6x right now. .7 will have a lot more customizability though, and people will even be able to make their own displays with CSS and what not.

owaters · Post by **owaters** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:43 am

Great stuff! Looking forward to it.

Is there an estimated release date for .7?

creanium · Post by **creanium** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:27 pm

owaters wrote:Great stuff! Looking forward to it.

Is there an estimated release date for .7?

My guess would be "when it's done" ...

Post by **The_Tick** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:30 pm

creanium wrote:
owaters wrote:Great stuff! Looking forward to it.

Is there an estimated release date for .7?
My guess would be "when it's done" ...

Actually, I'm hoping for 2-4 weeks.

Tee · Post by **Tee** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:43 pm

any change in applescript interface?

my little feature request:

tree view in growl prefpane. I want to add customability to growliChat s.t. users can pick which notification they want or they do not want. But, to put all of them listing in one long list is kinda messy and not user friendly.

Post by **The_Tick** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:45 pm

Tee wrote:any change in applescript interface?

Not that I know of, we wouldn't break any applescripts at least.

VirtualWolf · Post by **VirtualWolf** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:16 am

I've only just started messing around with Growl, so forgive me if this has been answered already...

Speaking of customisation, are there any plans to let the user choose a different display style for each application? For instance, the Music Video one is cool for when iTunes changes tracks, but not really that wonderful for, say, people in iChat changing status.

...and I just noticed that GrowlTunes doesn't actually do anything if I've got the Synergy option disabled in the Growl prefpane. I can disable GrowlTunes completely, however, and the pop-ups still work fine. Why so?

Post by **The_Tick** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:22 am

VirtualWolf wrote:I've only just started messing around with Growl, so forgive me if this has been answered already...

Speaking of customisation, are there any plans to let the user choose a different display style for each application? For instance, the Music Video one is cool for when iTunes changes tracks, but not really that wonderful for, say, people in iChat changing status.

You can already do this.

VirtualWolf wrote: ...and I just noticed that GrowlTunes doesn't actually do anything if I've got the Synergy option disabled in the Growl prefpane. I can disable GrowlTunes completely, however, and the pop-ups still work fine. Why so?

Do you have synergy running at all?

VirtualWolf · Post by **VirtualWolf** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:25 am

The_Tick wrote:
VirtualWolf wrote:I've only just started messing around with Growl, so forgive me if this has been answered already...

Speaking of customisation, are there any plans to let the user choose a different display style for each application? For instance, the Music Video one is cool for when iTunes changes tracks, but not really that wonderful for, say, people in iChat changing status.
You can already do this.

...er, oops. Sorry, I don't know how I missed that.

VirtualWolf wrote: ...and I just noticed that GrowlTunes doesn't actually do anything if I've got the Synergy option disabled in the Growl prefpane. I can disable GrowlTunes completely, however, and the pop-ups still work fine. Why so?
Do you have synergy running at all?

Aye, I do.

Post by **The_Tick** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:32 am

VirtualWolf wrote:
The_Tick wrote:
VirtualWolf wrote:I've only just started messing around with Growl, so forgive me if this has been answered already...

Speaking of customisation, are there any plans to let the user choose a different display style for each application? For instance, the Music Video one is cool for when iTunes changes tracks, but not really that wonderful for, say, people in iChat changing status.
You can already do this.
...er, oops. Sorry, I don't know how I missed that.

Because, well, it needs to be changed

VirtualWolf wrote:

VirtualWolf wrote: ...and I just noticed that GrowlTunes doesn't actually do anything if I've got the Synergy option disabled in the Growl prefpane. I can disable GrowlTunes completely, however, and the pop-ups still work fine. Why so?
Do you have synergy running at all?
Aye, I do.

Synergy can use Growl as well.

VirtualWolf · Post by **VirtualWolf** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:47 am

The_Tick wrote:
VirtualWolf wrote:
The_Tick wrote: You can already do this.
...er, oops. Sorry, I don't know how I missed that.
Because, well, it needs to be changed

::grins::

The_Tick wrote:
VirtualWolf wrote:
Do you have synergy running at all?
Aye, I do.
Synergy can use Growl as well.

Aye, I noticed... I was just wondering why no notifications appear if the Synergy one is disabled, but GrowlTunes is on.

Post by **The_Tick** » Sun May 08, 2005 3:41 am

VirtualWolf wrote:Aye, I noticed... I was just wondering why no notifications appear if the Synergy one is disabled, but GrowlTunes is on.

Lord if I know, let's start trouble shooting. What version of iTunes are you using? OS X version? Which Growl did the GrowlTunes you are using ship with? If you look in Activity Monitor or do a ps -auxww | grep -i growltunes, is growltunes running?

eevyl · Post by **eevyl** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:58 am

You know, I think that Growl is becoming too customizable too fast. My particular feel is that I smell bloat boiling point coming to a close.

Maybe that's just me though.

Post by **The_Tick** » Mon May 09, 2005 12:48 pm

eevyl wrote:You know, I think that Growl is becoming too customizable too fast. My particular feel is that I smell bloat boiling point coming to a close.

Maybe that's just me though.

Quiet you. No developer backlash on the forums, that's what irc is for.

medicine · Post by **medicine** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:09 pm

eevyl wrote:You know, I think that Growl is becoming too customizable too fast. My particular feel is that I smell bloat boiling point coming to a close.

Maybe that's just me though.

word

Post by **The_Tick** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:14 pm

medicine wrote:
eevyl wrote:You know, I think that Growl is becoming too customizable too fast. My particular feel is that I smell bloat boiling point coming to a close.

Maybe that's just me though.
word

Fine, if you guys want to give constructive feedback on how Growl is bloated (funny in a thread about Growl not being featureful enough) go on.

DaS · Post by **DaS** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:07 am

The_Tick wrote:
medicine wrote:
eevyl wrote:You know, I think that Growl is becoming too customizable too fast. My particular feel is that I smell bloat boiling point coming to a close.

Maybe that's just me though.
word
Fine, if you guys want to give constructive feedback on how Growl is bloated (funny in a thread about Growl not being featureful enough) go on.

Definitely not bloated. Keep up the good work!!

~DaS

Carnivean · Post by **Carnivean** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:35 pm

Definitely not bloated. Keep up the good work!!

Agreed on both counts.

I hope that there soon will be color customization and, especially, the ability to determine how long the notification remains on the screen. (If there are currently ways to do either, then I haven't discovered them).

Post by **The_Tick** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:39 pm

Carnivean wrote:
Definitely not bloated. Keep up the good work!!
Agreed on both counts.

I hope that there soon will be color customization and, especially, the ability to determine how long the notification remains on the screen. (If there are currently ways to do either, then I haven't discovered them).

You can use priority in combination with color settings in the displays tab. It's not that easy a thing to find though