On Oct 21, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Peter Hosey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Oct 21, 2010, at 03:41:32, [email protected] wrote: >> Surely an external banlist, host on growl.info eg. would be better than a >> hard-coded list, as you could update as apps were identified? > > Anyone running Little Snitch would be alarmed when Growl seemingly tried to > “call home”. > >> Anyway, I’m not entirely sure this would end up helping terribly much; I can >> envisage it frustrating users who actually want the notifications. > > Yeah, we'd have to document it. > >> Also, I seem to recall a large proportion of the users who have come to us >> so far seem to only have become ‘aware’ of growl upon seeing the growl >> update notification, which presumably would not be on your blacklist ;) > > True. Like I said, the main target I had in mind was Adobe's ad notifications. > Which is gone in some updates already >> I would suggest for the fresh install side of things, that perhaps all that >> may be needed is a first-run “Welcome to Growl” window? >> … >> >> I admit it won’t help with the dropbox re-installing it problem, but at >> least off the bat after the first time it installs, users are made aware of >> it so it doesn’t come as a surprise later on. > > I would expect even louder “WHAT THE F IS THIS S” screams here on the list > from users presented with a “Welcome to Growl” dialog shortly after removing > Growl. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
