So in other words if we get clickback working then there's no need for
GrowlMail? ;)

Chris

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Dylan Ryan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Exactly. With growlmail, clicking the notification opens the message (which
> lets you reply and marks it as read). With an applescript, clicking it just
> closes it.
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 1:00 AM, Christopher Forsythe wrote:
>
> There are some minor differences, mostly due to the fact that the
> applescript api lacks clickback support I believe.
>
> Chris
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:58 AM, ravedog <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> YOu know you can just write  a mail rule using applescript and growl -
>> it would do exactly the same thing as the plug in.
>>
>> On Jul 7, 12:16 am, Dylan Ryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Just my 2 cents. I also more or less only use growl because of
>> growl-mail. Sure it's nice to get other notifications, but without
>> growl-mail, I'd rather not have one more app running even if it is a very
>> minor resource user. i.e. Growl Mail is the only thing that KEEPS me using
>> Growl. Other things are nice but I can live without.
>> >
>> > What kind of work goes into maintaining growl-mail? I'd be willing to
>> donate my time to keeping it up to date, but I am not the greatest coder in
>> the world (though I learn quickly). Every time a new OS update comes out, I
>> install it day 1, and I've always just manually added the new bundle-id to
>> the old version of GrowlMail's .plist and it has always worked for me on
>> both 32 and 64-bit intel machines, so (at least so far) no major changes
>> have been *necessary* that I've seen. If it's just adding the new IDs and
>> (possibly many) minor internal changes (and rebuilds), I can do that no
>> problem (I have access to a 64-bit intel MBP that I always keep up-to-date,
>> a 32-bit intel MBP that I can either keep up-to-date or lag a version if
>> needed, and PPC machines on Tiger as well, so I can test on a fairly wide
>> spectrum of hardware and software).
>> >
>> > Can you give us more info on what the changes it typically requires are?
>> If I think I can handle it, I'll take full responsibility for getting things
>> done promptly and keeping it alive for as long as I can. (In all likelihood,
>> I'll just be building my own versions from source if it dies anyway, so I
>> may as well help the project out instead of being selfish about it).
>> >
>> > I am less interested in handling Growl-Safari, as I personally do not
>> use it much and given what you just said, it sounds beyond my ability.
>> Though as long as it isn't a major headache, I can handle minor changes to
>> it (that is, I am willing to keep it alive for as long as my skill allows me
>> to, if people are interested).
>> >
>> > Dylan
>> >
>> > On Jul 7, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Jul 7, 2011, at 00:00:09, ravedog wrote:
>> > >> What is the logic behind killing GrowlMail and Growl Safari other
>> than they are plugins for Apple apps. DO you have to kill them to gain
>> entrance into the store?
>> >
>> > > Growl could get into the store regardless of whether we kill GrowlMail
>> and GrowlSafari.
>> >
>> > > GrowlMail has been a terrible support burden, as much work to maintain
>> as all of our other products combined. GrowlSafari is fragile internally, so
>> while it hasn't caused us many headaches *yet*, it's only a matter of time.
>> >
>> > > So, we're killing both of them. This will free up the time we'll need
>> to make all the necessary changes to Growl and leave us plenty of time in
>> the future to maintain all of our surviving products.
>> >
>> > >> Also, will it still be fully AppleScriptable and have the same
>> dictionary?
>> >
>> > > That's the plan.
>> >
>> > > --
>> > > 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 athttp://
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
> --
> 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.
>

-- 
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.

Reply via email to