http://growl.info/about.php
It's a notification system that allows apps (if they are Growl aware) to send popup notifications for the user to see.
Exactly right. When we started Growl, the idea was that notifications were a good thing, if done right. That's what we've been trying to do ever since (for about 6 years).
The idea is that you can get notifications, and that you can control them. Look in the applications tab, you can tell an application how to notify you, or simply shut it down right there. It's all central, which is the key.
It's a love or hate app it seems.
That's always been the case. Some people just don't like notifications. That's fine.
I never had it installed until CS5.....however for now I'm keeping it. I use it primarily for just Dropbox and FTP to be notified when files are added or done transferring.
To be honest, I don't do much more, and I run the project for Growl. I get notifications for downloads completed in a browser, and for when uploads complete for ftp. Not a whole lot else, except a few random things like scripts that I use.
However, we have a huge list of applications which support Growl over at
http://growl.info/applications.php
For me, as long as I can control it (which I can) to control which apps use it and how....and as long as it doesn't make the system unstable (which it hasn't so far) I'll give it a shot.
-Kevin
Ya, control is a big thing for us.
Which is why our philosophy for applications installing Growl has always been "ask the user". Which if this is the case, that cs5 installs without prompting, then that's against our philosophy.
I'm happy we're getting new Growl users, but not at the expense of alienating them.
