1.1.4 ([4886])

Growl core improvements

• Fixed “Install Failed” on Leopard
• Fixed problem where Growl would continue to be 1.1.2 even after installing 1.1.3, because we weren't looking in the correct Home directory for an old version
• Fixed Growl updater continuing to inform you of 1.1.3 after you installed it (which was because it was still 1.1.2)
• Fixed SMS display not loading into either Growl or the preference pane
• Added version number to the Über (About) tab in the German localization
• Fixed comma splice in “can't bind” error message
• Localization updates:
  • Czech
  • French
  • German (see above)
  • Swedish

GrowlMail improvements

• Limited installer package to installing for yourself only on Leopard, because installing for all users that doesn't work anymore as of 10.5.3
• Corrected version number in many localizations
• Fixed what could have been the same “Install Failed” problem on Leopard that the Growl Installer package had

GrowlSafari improvements

• GrowlSafari actually works now (fixed some permissions problems in the Installer package)
• Fixed localized strings in certain localizations
• Corrected filename extension of Installer package: it was .mpkg, and is now .pkg

growlnotify improvements

• Allow --appIcon to accept an application name without the “.app” suffix

1.1.3 ([4847])

Growl core improvements

• Worked around conflict with Logitech Control Center 2.4, and implemented countermeasures in case another input-manager hack in the future has the same bug
• Show notifications on every Space (Leopard)
• Fixed bug that caused Growl to silently not show notifications if you deleted your default display
• Fixed bug where Growl would fail to clean up .growlRegDict files in the Temporary Items folder, instead leaving them to appear in the Trash when you next logged in
• Use the alert-sound device, rather than the default sound device, to play sounds
• Don't spam the Console log when a forwarding attempt fails

Extras improvements

• Rewrote GrowlMail to fix conflict between it and Leopard, and make it much more robust for the future
• GrowlMail installer package now allows installing to other startup volumes without restarting
• Updated GrowlSafari to work with Safari 3.0 and later (thanks to Ben Willmore)
• Fixed growlnotify to actually send the notification on Leopard
• GrowlTunes no longer shows the rating if it's 0, since you probably just haven't rated it
• Fixed German localization of GrowlTunes

Preference pane improvements

• Moved the version number outside of the Credits file, so we don't need to update that file every version
• Fixed a hang on changing the default display
• Updated the Brazilian Portuguese localization

Display improvements

• Fixed displaying a close widget on mouse-over
• Fixed humongous memory leaks in WebKit display
• Made obtaining image data in WebKit display more efficient
• Fixed displays to register a click on mouse-up, not mouse-down
• Updated French and Dutch localizations of displays' preferences

1.1.2 ([4705])

Extras improvements

• GrowlMail fix: In Summary mode, post one notification (per account) after *all* messages come in

Preference pane improvements

• About tab layout improvements (English only)
• Standardized layout for all built-in display preferences (English only)
• Sounds menu now reads from /Library/Sounds and ~/Library/Sounds
• Default is now the first entry in any popup it appears in
• Fix notifications to default to menu bar's screen if the desired screen isn't available
• Separators appear between distinct groups in popups
• Update German translation
• Fix broken iCal prefs in certain localizations

Installer improvements

• Fix System Preferences not quitting on non-English systems
• Fix background image transparency
• Fix GrowlMail installer to note and enforce Mail not running

1.1.1 ([4616])

Notifications

• Improved speed of notifications, particularly the Music Video display style which was noticeably slow in 1.1 compared to 0.7.x
• Fixed the Music Video display style on multi-monitor configurations
• Fixed improper behavior if a display plugin was installed externally in addition to being shipped with Growl
• Fixed color preferences for the iCal display style in French, Swedish, and Russian

Extras

• Turned off the Sync Notification in HardwareGrowler by default
• Improved display of iTunes notifications by GrowlTunes when no composer is specified for a song

Other

• Restored the "Show Growl Notification" Automator action which was accidentally removed from Growl 1.1
• Fixed a potential hang while installing Growl on Mac OS X 10.4.
• Fixed improper behavior if a display plugin was installed externally in addition to being shipped with Growl
• Updated Dutch, French, pt_BR, Russian, and Swedish localizations

1.1

New stuff

• There is now a global positioning system built into Growl (took 2 years to make!).
• There are now close buttons available on notifications when you mouse over them.
• Multiple performance enhancements/memory leaks fixed up. The only problem at this point should be webkit message views.
• Totally redesigned applications tab.
• There is now a sound option available per notification.
• Application level positioning. (#657)

Usability Improvements

• Growl no longer adds itself to the applications list. (#547)

Bug Fixes

• Resolved issue where positioning would lock up. (#612)
• Improved the way that the login item for Growl is created. We now use an Apple recommended option. (#487)
• Growl will not load plugins which may cause problems upon upgrade. (#585)

Performance Enhancements

• Resolved an issue where notifications would be slow. (#270)
• Growl no longer loads all plugins at startup. (#391)
• Growl loads application icons only when needed. (#392)

Menu Item

• Improved the appearance of the menu item. (#538)

Localizations

• Our localizers rock! Thanks to everyone who contributed. We have vastly improved localizations for a whole slew of languages in 1.1.

Display Plugins

• Added a new display, iCal.
• Added a bunch of user created displays, such as Above the Night.

Extras

• Lots of improvements to HardwareGrowler in regards to picking up changes.

0.7.6

General

• Resolved multiple issues with localizations

0.7.5

General

• Significantly improved performance when an application registers with Growl for the first time
• Made the Spotlight importer universal

Preference Pane

• Fixed a bug in which preference changes might not immediately be respected by notifications
• Improved localizations

Extras

• Now ships with Rawr-Jour
• Improved GrowlMail to open the mail message if the Growl notification is clicked
• Fixed searching for album art from Amazon in GrowlTunes

0.7.4

Preference Pane

• Made Growl and all Extras into Universal Binaries

Extras

• Made all Extras Universal Binaries

Scripts

• Deprecated XChat script in favor of native support in X-Chat Aqua. Script still ships for XChat X11 users, but is no longer supported.

0.7.3

Menu Item

• Replaced the menu item artwork with new artwork provided by Rich Mullins
• Resolved an issue where the menu item would not launch after relogging back in. (#376)

0.7.2

Preference Pane

• Fixed preference pane crash on 10.3 when using the German or Japanese localization (#240)
• Clarified "Squelch mode" by rewording it; now says "Log only, don't display" (#217)
• Fixed logging preferences (#250)
• Fixed cosmetic issue with hyperlinks in the about tab (#248)
• Status item checkbox is now updated when stopping the status item with growlctl (#242)

Styles

• Updated Crystal style (#238)
• Updated Candybars style
• Fixed flickering when reloading a WebKit style on coalesce (#233)
• Fixed MusicVideo priority colors (#272)
• Fixed screenshot mode (#271)
• Properly convert newlines for WebKit displays (#268)
• Fixed visual artifact with WebKit displays (#266)

Localizations

• Added Czech localization by Frantisek Erben
• Added Simplified Chinese localization by JT Lee

Extras

• Fixed GrowlSafari package installer permissions (#223)
• Fixed HardwareGrowler build settings (#239)
• GrowlMail better truncates long message bodies
• GrowlTunes now coalesces its notifications (for displays that support it)
• GrowlSafari no longer requires SIMBL
• Better search for contact icons in GrowlMail
• Changed for the GrowlTunes stars from black star (?) to pinwheel star (?) to work around the Mshtakan issue introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 (Commit 2943)
• Possibly resolved a high resource usage issue regarding networking (Commit 2945)

0.7

Growl Core

• Added a status item (#23)
• Growl sends notifications when applications register (#112)
• Passive version check (#62)
• Added an option to log all notifications (#27)
• Squelch mode (#26)
• Networking support
• Bonjour support (#21)
• Preference Pane
• Ability to enable or disable click handlers (#143)
• New about tab (#139)
• Application search field (#41)
• New preview button (#32)
• Display Plugins
• New display: WebKit (#2). See WebKit style documentation for more information.
• New display: Brushed (#5)
• Bezel: new option for fading/shrinking (#170)
• Bezel: two new variants (#30)
• More customizable colors (#86, #34)
• MusicVideo: new effect when a queued notification fades in (#125)
• Mouse over effect for Bezel, Brushed, Bubbles and Smoke (#144)
• Hold non sticky notifications on screen with mouseover (#133)
• Multimonitor support (#87)
• Smaller notifications without title or description (#56)
• Duration sliders (#54)
• Opacity sliders (#44, #74)

Extras

• New automatic summary option for GrowlMail
• Fixed summary mode (#100)
• GrowlMail is now compatible with Mail 2.0 (Tiger)
• Fixed GrowlMail image fetching from Address Book (#198)
• Fixed GrowlTunes showing 5 stars for unrated tracks (#127)
• GrowlSafari now sends different notifications for short and long downloads (#106)
• GrowlSafari can now send notifications for RSS feed updates
• growlnotify can wait until the notification is clicked or timed out (#42)

0.6.2

Growl Core

• Growl 0.5 had a version of '1.0'; we now account for this mistake in the update-checker. Fixes #113.

Preference pane

• The 'start at login' checkbox now inserts Growl at the top of the list rather than the bottom, in case you have Growl-using applications in the list that haven't registered yet. Fixes #166.
• We now just use the Growl claw as our icon inside System Preferences. Fixes #111.
• Clicking the 'Check for updates' button no longer crashes System Preferences. Fixes #8 and #48.

Framework

• Applications that use the framework should no longer crash on Mac OS X 10.2.x.

Extras

• GrowlTunes
• GrowlTunes should always properly handle no-star ratings now. Fixes #165.
• GrowlSafari
• GrowlSafari now requires Safari 1.3.

Other

• Growl will now only install on a system volume (fixes #71).

0.6.1

Framework

• Fixed a crash. Thanks to Timothy Hatcher for finding this issue.

Extras

• Updated Entourage Advanced script to work with Growl 0.6.x.

0.6

Growl Core

• Notifications can now have priority. The current selection of priority is Very Low, Moderate, Normal, High, and Emergency.

Preference pane

• Added a 'Check for updates' button.
• Added controls to override priority and stickiness of notifications.
• Added a button to remove the selected application from the list.

Displays

• New this version (in alphabetical order):
• Log by Nelson Elhage
• MailMe by Peter Hosey
• Music Video by Jorge Salvador Caffarena
• Smoke by Matthew Walton
• Speech by Ingmar Stein
• Support in Bubbles and Bezel for priority.
• You can change the colours in Bubbles now.

Localizations

• German, by Ingmar Stein

0.5

Initial release.

• Preference pane
• General Tab
• Applications Tab
• Display Options
• New Displays
• Bubbles
• Bezel