Comments on: links for 2006-11-30 http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Daniel Axelrod http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-737 Daniel Axelrod Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:42:17 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-737 Sorry, when I said "adopt it", I meant "adopt the API". http://growl.info/documentation/developer/ Sorry, when I said “adopt it”, I meant “adopt the API”. http://growl.info/documentation/developer/

]]> By: Daniel Axelrod http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-736 Daniel Axelrod Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:40:41 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-736 Growl http://growl.info/ is a BSD-licensed implementation of this idea for the MacOS. Even though much of the code is likely MacOS specific, Growl is an excellent reference for matters of design - how notifications should look, act, etc. Its API and bindings are also fantastic, and it would be wonderful to see other notification managers adopt it. Growl http://growl.info/ is a BSD-licensed implementation of this idea for the MacOS.

Even though much of the code is likely MacOS specific, Growl is an excellent reference for matters of design - how notifications should look, act, etc.

Its API and bindings are also fantastic, and it would be wonderful to see other notification managers adopt it.

]]> By: Jerry Haltom http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-731 Jerry Haltom Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:05:03 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-731 I totally think those transparent messages are annoying. I would much prefer using the status bar for stuff like this. I totally think those transparent messages are annoying.

I would much prefer using the status bar for stuff like this.

]]> By: John Stowers http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-730 John Stowers Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:02:51 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/12/01/links-for-2006-11-30/#comment-730 Jeff, One of the ideas on my long list of things to hack on is to combine GHOSD[1] with libnotify. That way libnotify could support transparent OSD type popups in addiion to the normal ones. However everytime I get the motivation to hack on such a thing someone brings up that libnotify should be in the platform (which I agree with) and then gets shot down by saying "but it cant go in the platform until their are guidelines or else everyone will abuse it" (which I disagree with) - sounds like chicken-and-egg to me. John [1] http://neugierig.org/software/ghosd/ Jeff,

One of the ideas on my long list of things to hack on is to combine GHOSD[1] with libnotify. That way libnotify could support transparent OSD type popups in addiion to the normal ones.

However everytime I get the motivation to hack on such a thing someone brings up that libnotify should be in the platform (which I agree with) and then gets shot down by saying “but it cant go in the platform until their are guidelines or else everyone will abuse it” (which I disagree with) - sounds like chicken-and-egg to me.

John

[1] http://neugierig.org/software/ghosd/

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