Editing Growl (software)

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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>

==Details==
Growl is installed as a [[preference pane]] added to the Mac OS X [[System Preferences (Mac OS X)|System Preferences]]. This pane may be used to enable and disable Growl's notifications for specific applications or specific notifications for each application. Each notification provides some information, such as "Download Finished" or the name of the current [[iTunes]] track. The software comes with multiple display [[Plug-in (computing)|plugins]], providing the user with different style options for presenting the notifications. Display plugins include visual styles as well as the ability to send notifications via email, SMS, or push notifications.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://howlapp.com/ |title=Howl – a Growl app for iPhone and iPad |publisher=Tanka Tech |date=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313161421/http://howlapp.com/ |archive-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additional third-party plugins or [[script (computing)|script]]s exist to add Growl notifications to [[iChat]], [[Mail (OS X)|Mail]], [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]], [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]], and [[iTunes]].

Application developers may make use of the Growl [[Application programming interface|API]] to send notifications to their users. Growl includes [[Language binding|bindings]] for developers who use the [[Objective-C]], [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Tcl]], [[AppleScript]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], and [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] programming languages.

==Adobe installation==
The Growl website listed applications that install Growl without the user's permission, including [[Adobe Creative Suite]] 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://growl.info/thirdpartyinstallations.php|title=Applications that install Growl without your permission |publisher=Growl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316174149/http://growl.info/thirdpartyinstallations.php|accessdate=2021-08-11|archive-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> Adobe published a blog post apologizing for installing Growl on users' systems without permission, and says that they are "actively working to mitigate the problem".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.adobe.com/oobe/2010/05/growl_installation_with_adobe.html |title=Growl Installation with Adobe CS5 |publisher=Adobe |accessdate=2010-10-29}}</ref> Adobe added an article to their knowledge base explaining what notifications CS5 sends and how to remove Growl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/840/cpsid_84093.html|title=Disabling Growl notifications in Adobe Creative Suite 5 applications |website=adobe.com |date=2021-04-27}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Notification Center|Apple Notification Center]]
* [[Snarl (software)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://growl.info/ Growl homepage]
* https://code.google.com/p/growl/
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061007071008/http://www.cocoaradio.com/2006/06/chris_forsythe__1.html Chris Forsythe and Growl], ''CocoaRadio'', 5 June 2006
* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=15442 Interview with Chris Forsythe of Adium and Growl], ''OSNews'', 9 August 2006
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mumbles/ Mumbles Project] &ndash; a Growl-inspired notification-application for Linux

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