Growl is een handig programma voor het Mac OS X-platform waarmee de notificaties van andere programma's op het scherm getoond kunnen worden. Zo kan er bijvoorbeeld een pop-up worden getoond wanneer het downloaden van een bestand is voltooid, als er nieuwe e-mail binnen is gehaald of als er iemand in een chatprogramma online komt. De ontwikkelaars hebben onlangs versie 1.1 uitgebracht en voorzien van de volgende lijst van aanpassingen:
New stuff:Usability Improvements:
- There is now a global positioning system built into Growl (took 2 years to make!).
- There are now close buttons available on notifications when you mouse over them.
- Multiple performance enhancements/memory leaks fixed up. The only problem at this point should be webkit message views.
- Totally redesigned applications tab.
- There is now a sound option available per notification.
- Application level positioning. (#657)
Bug Fixes:
- Growl no longer adds itself to the applications list. (#547)
Performance Enhancements:
- Resolved issue where positioning would lock up. (#612)
- Improved the way that the login item for Growl is created. We now use an Apple recommended option. (#487)
- Growl will not load plugins which may cause problems upon upgrade. (#585)
Menu Item:
- Resolved an issue where notifications would be slow. (#270)
- Growl no longer loads all plugins at startup. (#391)
- Growl loads application icons only when needed. (#392)
Localizations:
- Improved the appearance of the menu item. (#538)
Display Plugins:
- Our localizers rock! Thanks to everyone who contributed. We have vastly improved localizations for a whole slew of languages in 1.1.
Extras:
- Added a new display, iCal.
- Added a bunch of user created displays, such as Above the Night.
- Lots of improvements to HardwareGrowler in regards to picking up changes.