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OmniGrowl

OmniGrowl - 3.2

growl notifications for iCal, Address Book & more

All Time: (3.3)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 3.2
Release Date: 2008-07-18
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 407
Downloads (all versions): 23,746
Price: $10

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Product Description:

OmniGrowl aims to provide many practical notifications through Growl in a single application.

OmniGrowl is also an expandable framework for sending Growl notifications for applications that do not natively support Growl.

  • Nofications for upcoming iCal events, To-Dos, Birthdays, etc
  • Notificatons for Address Book Birthdays
  • Notificatons of iTunes track changes
  • News headlines / RSS
  • Yahoo Weather & Traffic
  • Flight status for flights entered in iCal
  • Concert notifications from Pollstar and last.fm
  • Customizable support for log monitoring
  • More!
  • Source code available, expandable framework

What's new in this version:

First, a quick plug for the totally redesigned WBC web site: Please visit!
Version 3.2
  • Revision focused on improving RSS instant messages:
  • Number of Instant feeds to check at a time can be set
  • General improvements handling truncation of feed descriptions.
  • Better truncation of descriptions with very long sentences (e.g., Pitchfork Media)
  • Cleaner parsing of descriptions with heavy encodings and mark-ups (e.g., google news)
  • Better handling of cutting by line text (google news, etc.)
  • Deeper digging for images, such as those in enclosures (e.g., the Onion)
  • No longer assumes first RSS xml entry is newest: now check publication dates when that information is available.
  • Work-around for facebook specific problem that 2nd newest feed item was being shown due to poorly formatted RSS xml.
  • When item title and description are the same (facebook), they are no longer duplicated.
  • Updated payment buttons to go with web site redesign.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later
  • Growl

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OmniGrowl ReviewWorth Your Time! - Version: 3.1, 7/7/2008 06:50PM PST

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JD_1
Very pleased with it & sent the Developer my $ to register.

Preference window bug has been fixed.

I love Growl and this integrates very well with it as well as with some of your more popular Mac apps.

I look forward to seeing more apps working with Growl, and thus even more uses for OmniGrowl in the future!
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OmniGrowl Developer Noteknown minor issue with 3.0 - Version: 3.0, 6/27/2008 01:02PM PST

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Wooden Brain (Wooden Brain Concepts)
It has been reported by several people that OmniGrowl 3.0 is opening its preference window at startup even though that option is not checked. I consider this top priority for a fix, but unfortunately I am on vacation until July 3 and have no access to the source to fix it. It will be fixed by July 7 or earlier. Sorry for the inconvenience.

If there are any other issues besides this one please report them to woodenbrain at kagi dot com so a proper maintenance release can be produced ASAP after my return.
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OmniGrowl CommentaryFor Casuistry, Perhaps? - Version: 2.5, 5/31/2008 03:24AM PST

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EndlessFx

To add a wee bit to the previous "omni" discussion: I like that this smaller company is standing its ground. (I think it's an underdog thing, here!) It has just as much right to use the prefix as the other, larger company. However, OmniGroup has stature and WoodenBrain's software may ofttimes erroneously be associated with that company, which could be a good or bad thing! Looking at OmniWeb - the web browser put forth by OmniGroup - they have put out pretty good software, so perhaps it will be a good thing.

Also, due to the association, the onus is WoodenBrain to at least match the quality reputation of OmniGroup.

At the moment, however, there is no apparent reason WoodenBrain should not use the name if they wish.

This may end as a bartering matter, a smoldering matter, or perhaps it will lend itself to a casuistry arena one day.

I haven't had time to play around with OmniGrowl but it sounds like a very handy utility. I just hope it works "omni-"efficaciously!

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