@alaysias:

You got me to try it out yesterday :P

LifesSweetDrug

@Adam Pash: I mentioned Snarl in your article comments: The Lifehacker Editors' Favorite Software and Hardware [What We Use], but no hard feelings. Eric can take the credit :-P

alaysias

we just need a few more apps supported... digsby, utorrent, outlook? anyone know if those are already supported?

gankit

I see this competing with Growl in the future.... at least catching up to it...hopefully, more open source developers contribute and collaborate with the authors...

the_gank

@bdragonmsl:

Yup it works on Vista.

I tried it ages and tried it again last night, it's a bit, well meh really. I wouldn't consider using it properly until more apps are integrated with in to it like support WLM.

LifesSweetDrug

mirror: [web.archive.org]

halr9000

You can download from sourceforge.
[sourceforge.net]

vijayd

uh, even if this is available, don't the software writers of the various software have to actually incorporate snarl into their coding, like growl works?

qrius

yea that sucks, the sites still down hopefully they put it back up soon, gotta see how good this software is!

cronin4392

Sounds cool, but the site is down. Wonder if this works on Vista. I'm upgrading to it as I type.

bdragonmsl

Nice app, I can wait for more plug-ins to become available for more apps. Ive always wanted serious Growl alternative for Windows.

jczarni

How is this different than the regular Windows notification bubbles?

MillardFillmore

I tried this before, but every time I tried to change a setting, it crashed, so I dunno. That was before the reinstall tho..so who knows.

tohanry

ugh thank you lifehacker for more stuff to run on my pc :)

Darkmatter91

@MillardFillmore: I don't know about you, but regular notification bubbles are the most annoying thing I've ever seen. Growl, on the other hand, is very useful. Hopefully Snarl is more like growl than the bubbles.

DoubleFelix

hey, for all those that cant access the site:

Download: [sourceforge.net]

Direct Download: [voxel.dl.sourceforge.net]

Site: [www.fullphat.net] (only the main download page is down atm)

enjoy!

techhead89

@LifesSweetDrug: hehe, well i'm glad somebody noticed my post ;-) although you didn't like so much. personally i don't really use it either, but i'm thinking about integrating it with something i use at work.

alaysias

Thanks techhead89 :D

eluvatar

I wonder if the lifehacker bump will get more developers working on this.

I would love to see winamp, digsby, openpandora (haha, yeah right), steam (sometimes I make myself laugh) and flashget support.

Ender15

Didn't really like this because every time I pulled out my USB, I got like five notification messages. Even if it is toggle-able in the options, that's still a bad set of default options. And it doesn't really support that much apps, like Yahoo! Messenger (yeah, I have to use that).

jfty.009260

@jfty.009260: Yeah, I got that too. I toggled off the unplug/plug thing since I don't really need my computer telling me that (all my hardware is in plain sight).

It does work with Pidgin though. I like it better than that normal balloons, but it's integration with Pidgin can be trumped by Guifications (which I've currently turned off to test Snarl).

It's got some nice promise, but I really need it to do more (and in some cases, less) than what it's currently doing.

.endejas.

I like this but it just doesn't have the app coverage for me. For something like Snarl to work it almost needs to have near-universal app compatibility.

portobello_man

Needs better documentation for developers.

AndiC

@qrius: Yes. It's real easy to do though. I added Snarl support to Witty a while back. However it also supports Growl notifications.

And there's a Growl for Windows project in the works: [code.google.com]

Michael Letterle

Installing a extension is a pain in the ass!
i can't get snarlfox to work...

skrollan

For some reason i cant add reminders under the clock app, when i go to the reminder TAB all i see is a huge textbox (not clickable)...

Help...

CYG

@skrollan: I got snarlfox 2 work lnite...it was quite easy in fact...what error are u having ....may be I can help?

the_gank

where is the snarl extension that supports outlook notifications?

fishlips20

Hummm, it's some time now i'm looking for something similar to be used as a reminder, learning tool. Something that I could use to write a piece of note and configure to popup, say, 3 or 4 times a day so it would call my attention to learn something, not necessarily appointment reminders, but learning notes. So when I saw this snarl i thought it was meant for that, installed, tried a bit but didn't find a way to do what i wanted.
Ork
orkgandalf

orkgandalf

I'm surprised there's not anything like this for Linux yet.

HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak

@shatteredmindofbob: Killer. I'm downloading that the instant I get home.

Wonder if it integrates with the Ubuntu update notifications...

HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak

@HeartBurnKid You know, just because Lifehacker hasn't featured it doesn't mean it doesn't exist: [www.mumbles-project.org]

shatteredmindofbob

I'm not seeing the Outlook extension. I'd really like to see that.

greeze

@skrollan: FireSnarl installation is as easy as drag&drop - see [mozillasnarls.wiki.sourceforge.net]

If this doesn't work just tell me - I will provide any help needed

TlhanGhun

Wow, nice to see that we are mentioned here. I am the developer of several extensions for Mozilla based applications (Fire, Thunder, Sun- and SongSnarl) as well as the one for Pidgin (PidginSnarl). So I am listening very carefully here where there is the biggest demand for my next one :)

I am already in contact with some developers of Digsby, Winamp, Foobar2000, Miranda and KMPlayer - so I am just priorizing myself now :) My big hope is that some of them will do it themself (I would be lucky to provide any help) as my time is limited ;)

@AndiC - how can we help you with the documentation? More examples?

TlhanGhun

Used for about a day, then realized there wasn't enough app support at the moment. Given time this could be a damn fine addition to any windows desktop.

mps69

I think this reminds me of something I can't remember the name of...like "Nag" or "Pester."

DBinSD

seems to work well, some transparency effects would be nice though for me that would solely be for looks than anything practical.

nylon32

for Outlook look at [www.k23productions.com]

TlhanGhun

The best thing I ever did with Outlook was to disable the popup message indicator. Every time a new notification pops up, you lose your focus on your current task.

GTD'ers beware!

rlew

My Nod32 keeps flagging it as a virus... I know it's not because lifehacker featured it, so why's it doing that?

Nickcompoop

What is this Melon 3.03 thing that it wants to install?
I can find no information on it on them webs.

Maffu