Utility Reviw: Growl

I am now using Apple Mail for all of my email. 

One of the features that I miss the most from Microsoft Outlook is the email notifier that popups in the Windows task bar every time a new email arrives.

Along comes Growl, a notification system for Mac OS X.  Growl allows for 3rd party applications to send a notification through a single consistent UI (see list of supported applications here).

GrowlMail is a plug-in for Apple Mail that posts a Growl notification every time new mail arrives containing the text of the message - just like Outlook does on Windows.

Note: Installing Growl requires users to be able to follow directions carefully.  It amuses me to no end to have a Mac user open a "Terminal" window and type Unix commands.  Not what I would expect the typical Mac user to know how to do.

Comments

[Chris]

In general the user shouldn't have to use the terminal, but if something messes up during the install then it's a requirement.

Apple Mail requires you to enable plugins before you can use them. Simple as that.