Fortunately I haven't purchased Growl yet

[cougazul]

I'm assuming there are countless people in the same boat as me.  I had Growl when it first came out a while ago and loved it.  After installing OS X Snow Leopard and then Lion, it was one of the first applications I wanted to purchase from the app store (I wanted it mainly for email and Twitter notifications).  I wasn't expecting to see such a poor rating for a product I had enjoyed so much in the past.  I have since been checking almost daily for an update but none have come out since January!?

If anybody from Growl is reading this, please make it useful again.  Otherwise, I recommend to any developers out there to create a decent alternative.  I, along with many current Growl users, will give you our business I'm sure.  Until then, I will keep my $2 in my pocket.

[Michel Tribet]

Hi Jake,

I am just one happy user of Growl and I can assure you that it is working like a charm on my computer !

I have no problem with it and I do NOT know what other people do with it to have all the problems they have with it !

Michel

2012/5/11 cougazul <coug...@gmail.com>

I'm assuming there are countless people in the same boat as me.  I had Growl when it first came out a while ago and loved it.  After installing OS X Snow Leopard and then Lion, it was one of the first applications I wanted to purchase from the app store (I wanted it mainly for email and Twitter notifications).  I wasn't expecting to see such a poor rating for a product I had enjoyed so much in the past.  I have since been checking almost daily for an update but none have come out since January!?

If anybody from Growl is reading this, please make it useful again.  Otherwise, I recommend to any developers out there to create a decent alternative.  I, along with many current Growl users, will give you our business I'm sure.  Until then, I will keep my $2 in my pocket.

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[xairbusdriver]

On Friday, May 11, 2012 4:32:50 PM UTC-5, cougazul wrote:

If anybody from Growl is reading this, please make it useful again.  Otherwise, I recommend to any developers out there to create a decent alternative.  I, along with many current Growl users, will give you our business I'm sure.  Until then, I will keep my $2 in my pocket.

I can assure you that there are many people not only reading these messages but working on the updates, of which there have been several. One of the things that seems to cause most people trouble is the fact that Growl doesn't really do most of the notifications unless and until the apps that work with it actually report something. When Growl was updated to be available at the Mac App Store, it had to be greatly modified to follow Apple's rules. But that also meant that the methods that all the other apps were using may have needed to be updated also. Many developers made those changes, some much faster than others. Some have still not made the required changes. But the developers of Growl are completely at the mercy of all those developers making the needed changes. If those guys don't, the only thing the Growl dev's can do is ask us to complain to those sluggard dev's.

Without reading between the lines, it is obvious that many people think Growl is the only app involved in its performance. It's simply not true. To work with Apple's Mail, you need GrowlMail, etc. Many simply need to update the 'frameworks' that other apps use to communicate with Growl.

Finally, remember that ratings are almost always weighted toward the negative. People are much more willing to complain about something than to post nice comments. All I know is that I've got well more than my two bucks use out of the app! And I dare you to find developers that answer questions faster or more directly, not to mention with a positive attitude even when the questioner is very rude or antagonistic! ;-)

[TJ Luoma]

On May 11, 2012, at 6:22 PM, cougazul <coug...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I, along with many current Growl users, will give you our business I'm sure. Until then, I will keep my $2 in my pocket.

If every Growl user actually paid $2 to use it, I doubt it would pay
the developers minimum wage for their time.

I paid $2 to say thanks for the App and to hopefully send a bit of
encouragement to those who develop it.

Watching people dangle $2 as if it was the keys to a new car is
embarrassing. It's barely one-half of a gallon of gas.

(And don't forget Apple takes $0.60. And charges them $100/year to be
in the developer program.)

If you want to encourage development, try filing useful bug reports,
providing ratings on the iTunes store, and tell your friends about it.

Attempts at "scolding" the developers for not working better/faster
for nearly no money is probably more likely to get them to decide to
stop working for the night and go hang out with family and friends
instead of meeting the needs of demanding strangers on the Internet.

I've never been happier that I decided not to be a developer than I am
having seen how "fart app pricing" has given some people an
overinflated idea of the value of a dollar or two.

If you want to be heard, I suggest fewer demands, and more gratitude.

(I'm not talking about kissing anybody's ring, just a little less tone
of entitlement.)

As always, let me reiterate: I'm just a user and don't speak for
anyone else but myself.

TjL

[TJ Luoma]

David said it better:

"there's a difference" by @chartier http://davidchartier.com/theres-a-difference

[Christopher Forsythe]

I find Growl 1.3.3 and the soon to be released Growl 1.4 useful myself, and of course I am biased. I use Growl for a lot more than what you want, but to confirm I use it with Sparrow and Twitter successfully.

Chris

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:32 PM, cougazul <coug...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm assuming there are countless people in the same boat as me.  I had Growl when it first came out a while ago and loved it.  After installing OS X Snow Leopard and then Lion, it was one of the first applications I wanted to purchase from the app store (I wanted it mainly for email and Twitter notifications).  I wasn't expecting to see such a poor rating for a product I had enjoyed so much in the past.  I have since been checking almost daily for an update but none have come out since January!?

If anybody from Growl is reading this, please make it useful again.  Otherwise, I recommend to any developers out there to create a decent alternative.  I, along with many current Growl users, will give you our business I'm sure.  Until then, I will keep my $2 in my pocket.

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