Daniel Bergey

Growl Styles: NotifyOSX and NotifyOS9

I love Growl. It’s so nice to know exactly what’s happening at all times, when a download finishes, when my photos have uploaded, when my web files have uploaded, and when someone signs on and off of AIM or Jabber.

However, I don’t like any of the existing notification styles out there (with the exception of these). I wanted something that looks like it belongs in OS X, not something out of a cartoon. So in that spirit, here is the NotifyOSX style for Growl:

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I’ve also done an OS 9 style, since OS 9 had a built-in global notification system, and I missed it’s look.

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Known issue: Both styles have a little trouble when the text contains a long, unbroken url. I’m not entirely sure how to fix this, but at the moment it merely overflows to the right, pushing the notification window to the left. It’s not a big problem, it just looks funny.

I’ll say thanks.

Thanks. These look nice.

This style seems quite similar to the other options … Also is there any way to change it’s position on the screen? I have another use for the top right hand corner.

Daniel, the Classic notifier look is a great idea. Thanks!

niceeee

Great, thank’s a lot for the OS 9 style

Tim Jeffries: I think there will be a way to change positions in the next major update of Growl.

Ya, in 1.1 we’ll have positioning.

Daniel, mind if we include these in 1.1?

Sure … I’d like to try to shrink the filesize of NotifyOSX first, but that’d be very cool. Got a release date in mind?

Between now and 2 years from now?

Thanks for letting me know!

[…] K. Bergey is the original creator of the display style aptly named NotifyOSX for Growl. I have been a fan of both Growl and NotifyOSX for quite a while. Growl is basically a […]