Growl provides customizable pop-up alerts for hundreds of Mac apps, making sure you never miss an important chat message or completed download. You can use Growl to set an alert for just about anything, and you can also make Growl notifications look practically any way you want. The built-in themes and the list on the official
Growl Styles page don't even begin to cover all the options for gorgeous notifications, from the minimal to the very flashy.
Here are 10 lesser-known Growl styles that look a lot nicer than the defaults:
Tags: growl, lists, notifications, skins, styles, themes
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Subscribe to commentsRichardOct 29th 2009 5:39AM
I don't really "get" Growl I have to admit. Don't applications which require a pop up already have one built into the code? Why would they implement support for an external one (which it isn't guaranteed that the user will have installed) just so a pop up can look, well, prettier?
I tried the Windows version and as a result I got a pop up whenever I plugged in or out a USB modem and when the time hit the hour. Woo, exciting stuff. All my other popups were handled by the applications themselves.
Japan-fourOct 29th 2009 8:01PM
> Why would they implement support for an external one just so a pop up
> can look, well, prettier?
Think of Growl as a control center for notifications. It allows the user to decide when, where, how, how long and IF to display notifications on a per application basis. It also allows for the sending and receiving of notifications over a network and it is very easy to let i.e. command-line scripts generate notifications through Growl.
Theming is really 'just an extra'...
MarkyOct 29th 2009 8:21AM
Many programs do not have their own notification function built in and many choose to use Growl rather than reinventing the wheel.
If I jump onto a Mac without Growl installed it's noticeable and I miss it.