Re: Pop up window ala msn messenger
Re: Pop up window ala msn messenger
- Subject: Re: Pop up window ala msn messenger
- From: Christopher Forsythe <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:13:42 -0500
Unfortunately we tried it the other way around (installing a
framework into the system) but that caused everyone major headaches.
Weak Linking a framework is not very well documented, and is easy to
really mess up, thus crashing the app altogether if the user doesn't
have it installed. (probably partly our fault at the time for the
docs part, but still)
The pros of shipping a framework that the app needs to include
greatly outweighed the cons for many other reasons. When I originally
announced Growl on this very list years ago, at least 2 developers
replied back complaining that it was a pkg installer.
The applescript solution works, but isn't the best idea to use. The
framework gives you some advanced stuff like allowing a clickback (I
forget what we really call it) to be sent to the application notifying.
This is perhaps the third complaint I've seen regarding the framework
needing to be required. To be honest, I think it's a negligible
expense to gain greater flexibility. 140k isn't a lot, even on
dialup. I also think it'd be a good discussion in itself for the
mailing list (pros versus cons of requiring this method).
Chris Forsythe
Growl Project Lead
On Mar 30, 2006, at 11:29 AM, John Stiles wrote:
My first reaction was: "I have to add a 140K framework to my app?
Forget it."
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