Growl is a great notification program that I rely on a fair bit. This is an excellent app for being alerted to system problems, incoming emails et cetera.
From the Growl Site:
Why use Growl?
*Control
Growl offers you complete control over which notifications are shown and how they are displayed. You will not receive any notifications that you do not want, because you can easily turn notifications (specific ones or all of them) off.
*Consistency
Growl centralizes all your notification preferences into its preference pane - you can control them all from one place, and you know exactly how they are going to behave.
*Ease of use
When you start up a Growl-enabled application, it will “just work.” Your apps can start displaying notifications right away.
*Powerful
Growl is very flexible. Notifications can be emailed to you or spoken instead of displayed on the screen.
The latest release (version 1.1) is now out and available for download.
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.
Tags: Growl, Growl Notifications, Alerting
