03-12-2012, 08:08 PM
I paid the fee, because it's so modest, a cup or two of coffee, not a big deal.
But then (and this is just my subjective experience) found I don't really need Growl and am just as happy without it. I'm guessing that Growl was really useful before a lot of apps began to do notifications of events. And being notified of something I already know about, or don't necessarily need to be notified about, it makes me wonder why I need it. I understand it can be customized, to do, or not do, all kinds of things, but I find its usefulness so arbitrary and minor, it's not with the effort to customize it. So, I disabled it. After paying for the update. Here's one reason why:
One thing I don't like about the update is that it parks itself up on my menu. (though I suppose this can be turned off) and I already have so many utilities that want access to that bar up there, I already have a sting of icons up there in my menu, loading when the computer boots up. Most of which don't really need to integrated that way. A few won't really affect performance, but I'm inclined to think that mini-apps that load that way, lots of them, just increase the number of "always active" processes that just eat up memory and processor, even if each one individually is using only a tiny amount.
Is it just me? Or do lots of utility developers think their app is more important than it is, and by default, load as part of the OS's standard menu? I wish they'd stop considering this such a great idea.
The previous version of Growl didn't park an icon on my upper menu. It was invisible, and only appeared when called for. Now it wants to grow up and be a 'must-have' utility that takes space on my menu. I was happier with the previous version. It was rarely visible, and it was free.
In the end, all it did was make me ask myself "Why do I need Growl?".. and led to me deciding to disable it altogether.
But then (and this is just my subjective experience) found I don't really need Growl and am just as happy without it. I'm guessing that Growl was really useful before a lot of apps began to do notifications of events. And being notified of something I already know about, or don't necessarily need to be notified about, it makes me wonder why I need it. I understand it can be customized, to do, or not do, all kinds of things, but I find its usefulness so arbitrary and minor, it's not with the effort to customize it. So, I disabled it. After paying for the update. Here's one reason why:
One thing I don't like about the update is that it parks itself up on my menu. (though I suppose this can be turned off) and I already have so many utilities that want access to that bar up there, I already have a sting of icons up there in my menu, loading when the computer boots up. Most of which don't really need to integrated that way. A few won't really affect performance, but I'm inclined to think that mini-apps that load that way, lots of them, just increase the number of "always active" processes that just eat up memory and processor, even if each one individually is using only a tiny amount.
Is it just me? Or do lots of utility developers think their app is more important than it is, and by default, load as part of the OS's standard menu? I wish they'd stop considering this such a great idea.
The previous version of Growl didn't park an icon on my upper menu. It was invisible, and only appeared when called for. Now it wants to grow up and be a 'must-have' utility that takes space on my menu. I was happier with the previous version. It was rarely visible, and it was free.
In the end, all it did was make me ask myself "Why do I need Growl?".. and led to me deciding to disable it altogether.