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OmniGrowl - 1.1

Growl notifications for iCal, Address Book & more

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All Time:	(3.2)
Version 1.1:	(2.0)
Selected Version:	1.1
Release Date:	2006-12-26
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1):	923
Downloads (all versions):	31,847
Price:	Donationware

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Product Description:

OmniGrowl is an expandable framework for sending Growl Notifications for applications that do not natively support Growl, generally which have to be polled for changes.

Built-in support for upcoming iCal events, To-Dos, Birthdays, etc
Built-in support for Address Book Birthdays
Built-in support for iTunes track changes (off by default)
Built-in support for news headlines
Customizable support for log monitoring
More!
Source code included, expandable framework

What's new in this version:

Implemented iTunes distributed notifications (instant notification on iTunes track change rather than polling every 30 seconds)
Implemented RSS notifications ("Hourly Headlines"), alternating CNN, BBC, NYT
Implemented AFP activity log monitoring
Implemented Software Update log monitoring
Added random donation nag (can be turned off, at most 2 times per day)
Better handling of timeout errors

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:

OS X 10.4 or later
Growl

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1:
Overall Rating:	(2.0)	Features:	(3.5)	Support:	(3.0)
Ease of Use:	(2.0)	Quality / Stability:	(1.5)	Price:	(4.0)

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Ahem.. geektool replacement? - Version: 3.7, 9/23/2009 11:47AM PST

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Paradoxial

What is that line doing in the program updates? "Since OmniGrowl handles everything, this is a much better solution for GeekTool users than anything currently available (just try it)."

I have OmniGrown AND GeekTool, and they fulfill totally different niches. I don't see OmniGrowl running shell scripts, and nor should it. They're different, and that's good. But the unnecessary and ill-advised jab at GeekTool is pretty unprofessional, and is enough to make me think twice about using OmniGrowl.

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Ahem.. geektool replacement? (1 replies)

A very useful application - Version: 3.6.2, 9/15/2009 01:50AM PST

Paul Hagstrom

I've been using OmniGrowl for quite a long time, and I do really miss it now when it's on a machine that's not installed. The developers have generally been pretty quick to address problems (though I haven't interacted with them directly), and it's otherwise been pretty unobtrusive. I would definitely recommend this. I haven't seen (at least in any recent version) problems with the preferences pane always coming up, it works as advertised. I haven't tried everything it can do, but I have tried the RSS feeds, weather, iTunes notifications, log notifications, SMART notifications, and iCal notifications, and all work just as they're supposed to.

Makes me grumpy! - Version: 3.4.2, 10/29/2008 02:40AM PST

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grh-akl

Grrr. No uninstall option! I'm sick of the dane thing asking me every time if I want to make it a start-up item. I already said yes a hundred times, then I started to say no. Now I want to uninstall it. Can't.

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Makes me grumpy!