Redundant Growl notifications

snarfer · Post by **snarfer** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:57 am

When someone disconnects, I get a Growl notification. This is fine, I like to know who just left, etc. However, when you click the notification to make it go away, which, like when another buddy signs on and you click the bubble, you start a chat with the buddy. I don't think I want to chat with an offline buddy

LuxuryChair · Post by **LuxuryChair** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:17 am

Sometimes I use this to "send later" to that person since I don't show offline contacts on my list.

Regardless, yes, a different action would be more useful.

snarfer · Post by **snarfer** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:20 am

LuxuryChair wrote: Regardless, yes, a different action would be more useful.

All I'm saying is that when you click on the notification, it should just go away without summoning up a chat. That, or have an option to do so.

Post by **evands** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:40 am

snarfer wrote:
LuxuryChair wrote: Regardless, yes, a different action would be more useful.
All I'm saying is that when you click on the notification, it should just go away without summoning up a chat. That, or have an option to do so.

Turn off the click notification via the Growl system preferences.

Tipo 61 · Post by **Tipo 61** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:42 am

Will that make it so you can click the notification to make it go away, or will it make it so clicking has no effect? I've had this problem because I don't want to start a chat, but no matter what I seem to do, it always does the same thing...

snarfer · Post by **snarfer** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:59 am

I want to keep Growl, since other applications use it. I also want Growl to br used in Adium to tell me of certain events, like recieving a message in the background; and I like to see who's gone offline as well. What I don't really like is that when you click on a notification that says that someone's gone offline, it brings up a new, if not already chatting with said buddy, chat window with them. That is what is redundant.

Post by **evands** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:27 am

1. turning off click notifications will cause Adium not to be notified when you click the notification; it will still go away when you click it.

2. I'd be happy for us to have smarter behavior when clicking notifications. Want to help? Make a list of each notification you use or that you think needs a special case (the default being "open a message window with this contact") and what the behavior should be, if any, when that notification is clicked. Please submit a tikcet (trac.adiumx.com) with your request and your list, and I'll see what can be done.

Post by **The_Tick** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:20 am

We'll hopefully have a close button in Growl .8 that would really help in this situation

snarfer · Post by **snarfer** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:11 pm

The_Tick wrote:We'll hopefully have a close button in Growl .8 that would really help in this situation

Tasty. Like tacos.
I made a ticket. #2780