Editing Growl (software) (section)

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{{Infobox software
| name = Growl
| logo = [[File:Growl.png|frameless|upright=0.25|Growl icon]]
| screenshot = [[File:Growl Preferences.png|frameless|center|Growl Pref Pane screenshot]]
| caption = Growl's "General" preferences in [[System Preferences]] running on [[Mac OS X v10.5|Mac OS X Leopard]].
| collapsible = yes
| developer = The Growl team led by Christopher Forsythe
| latest release version = 2.1.3
| released = 2004
| latest release date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2013|10|29}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| programming language = [[Objective-C]]
| operating system = [[Mac OS X]], [[Windows XP]] or later
| platform = [[Macintosh]], [[Windows]]
| genre = [[Notification system]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
| website = {{URL|http://growl.info/}}
}}

'''Growl''' is a deprecated<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://growl.github.io/growl/|title=Growl |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> global [[notification system]] and [[pop-up notification]] implementation for the [[Mac OS X]] and [[Windows]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.growlforwindows.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204113545/http://www.growlforwindows.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 December 2018 |title=Growl for Windows |publisher=Growl for Windows |accessdate=2010-05-29}}</ref> [[operating system]]s. Applications can use Growl to display small notifications about events which may be important to the user. This software allows users to fully control their notifications, while allowing application developers to spend less time creating notifications and Growl developers to concentrate on the usability of notifications. Growl can be used in conjunction with Apple's [[Notification Center]] that is included in Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and higher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/hands-on-growl-2-0-integrates-with-notification-center-on-os-x-ios/|title=Hands-on: Growl 2.0 integrates with Notification Center on OS X, iOS |first=Chris |last=Foresman |work=[[Ars Technica]]|date=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-growl-vs-notification-center--mac-45845|title=Quick Tip: Growl vs. Notification Center |first=Nick |last=Pavlovits |date=2013-03-06 |work=Computer Skills Tuts+}}</ref>