Life is like photography
we use the negatives to develop
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Most Mac OS X users are probably familiar with Growl. For everyone else: Growl is a universal, system wide notification system. Applications can use it to notify the user of events, and the user can tell Growl exactly how he/she wishes to be notified. Basically, it’s Windows XP’s popup balloons on steroids. Last weekend, I … Read more
I’ve created a Growl style before. Now I’ve created one again. I call this one SimpleGradient, because that’s what it is: a simple gradient from #ddd to #bbb. It also has rounded corners, and the text seems sunken into the background (like the menu and post info blocks on this site). Other than the fact … Read more
I’ve been messing around a bit with Growl styles. Those are just some HTML, CSS and images in a package, so it isn’t all that difficult to make your own. All this playing around resulted in an all new Growl style. It’s inspired by the semi-transparent toolboxes found in some OS X software (iLife for … Read more