Comments on: Gears Future APIs: Notification API

By: Oliver Mezquita

Oliver Mezquita — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:16:46 +0000

Yeap, I’d say that this notification system is a must if we want to develop serious desktop-like web apps. And I’m surprised google has not implented this feature in Gears yet.

By: Rusty Klophaus

Rusty Klophaus — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:56:10 +0000

Adding link for the comment above: www.stitcho.com

By: Rusty Klophaus

Rusty Klophaus — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:55:18 +0000

Stitcho.com (www.stitcho.com) was created for this exact purpose.

Stitcho is Growl for the Web. It allows web applications to tap a user on the shoulder, even when the browser is closed, and it works for both Mac and Windows.

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By: David Novakovic

David Novakovic — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:07:43 +0000

Google demo’d this as a prototype at the developer day in sydney a couple of weeks ago. I really hope they add it as a feature :)

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By: Norman Rasmussen

Norman Rasmussen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:55:58 +0000

For Windows there’s something called Snarl (which does the same as Growl)

By: dion

dion — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:34:03 +0000

lunatix,

Spot on! I will write about that next. Great idea.

Cheers,

Dion

By: dion

dion — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:33:29 +0000

henrah: Doh, fixed. thanks!

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:34:14 +0000

IMO, in an ideal world, applications would ALWAYS be split in engines and clients, and you would have ABSOLUTE control on the visual and interaction style of the client.
I always thought of this in terms of desktop applications, where it’s more of a challenge because the UI can be more dynamic, but in the web it’s all the more plausible. In fact the big trend with web services could be seen as “enginization”.
In that context, Growl would be a “read only” client, as in, one that only pulls information, but even then, it makes for an adorable client nonetheless. There could be other customizable frameworks for “write clients”, even thought that’s a lot more ambitious.

You my friend, are in a position to advance the field. Keep up the good work ^__^