I am not sure I understand. If Mail is what is making the notifications, would they still be aware of other growl messages? Or would running that and growl simultaneously result in the two overlapping each other due to not being able to communicate?
On Jul 7, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Rudy Richter wrote: > You'll probably want to switch to the Rudy Richter distribution of > GrowlMail then. It will make use of the new framework being developed > for the Growl 1.3 release. Hopefully you like the Smoke display style > though, as the framework will only include that one style. In that > particular case GrowlMail/Mail.app will be the app producing the > window with your notification. > > -rudy > > > On Jul 7, 2:53 pm, Dylan Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: >> No, I'm not missing that point. In fact, that was exactly my point. Growl is >> an app. I would rather not have it running (I don't like any programs >> running in the background if I can help it). However, I really like >> growlmail, so because of that, I'll let growl run. As a side-effect, I get >> other nice-but-not-vital notifications from other programs. But without >> growlmail, I have no reason to keep using growl. Regardless of whether the >> app is inside a prefpane or delivered via the MAS or something else >> entirely, it's still a (admittedly amazingly resource-light) app that I'd >> rather not have running. Don't get me wrong, I love growl and I'll be sad if >> I end up removing it, I just am a little OCD about running apps. If I do not >> actively use something, I don't let it run. Growl is one of the few passive >> apps that I let run, and only because of GrowlMail. >> >> On Jul 7, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Rudy Richter wrote: >> >> >> >>> The critical fact that you're missing here is that you are running an >>> additional app. GrowlMail and subsequently Mail.app are not the owner >>> of the windows that pop up on your screen telling you that you've got >>> new mail. There is an application sitting inside the Growl >>> PreferencePane that is putting those up on your screen called >>> GrowlHelperApp. The app as will be available from the MacAppStore will >>> combine the functionality of 3 separate binaries into a single >>> process. >> >>> -rudy >> >>> On Jul 7, 3:16 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. >> >>> -- >>> 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.
