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Looking for a notification program similar to osx for Windows


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hi

i have a legit windows 7 64bit on my desktop and w8.1 pro on my laptop

 

i'm looking for a notification program similar to osx lion,maverik or yosemite

 

googling i found Snarl , is the best?

was not able to configure snarl ..

 

 or is there something better ?

 

any imput or advices are really welcome

 

waitining for w10

 

thanks

sorry for my poor english

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I think you'll be best served just waiting for 10. 

Basically this, the notification system in Windows 10 is similar to the OSX layout.

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For 7, yea Snarl's pretty decent, been using it for years.  Obviously a program has to actually support it (or have a third party plugin written for it), I personally use it to get alerts from a bunch of servers I have running, they fire off a notification which also bounces to my phones/tablets via PushOver/PushAlot, plus a few minor things like TBird, Foobar, etc just for giggles.  It runs on 8.x too but you're probably going to eventually see a lot more support for the built in notification system as, well, it's built in and with 10, much better integrated.

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Basically this, the notification system in Windows 10 is similar to the OSX layout.

 

thanks!

For 7, yea Snarl's pretty decent, been using it for years.  Obviously a program has to actually support it (or have a third party plugin written for it), I personally use it to get alerts from a bunch of servers I have running, they fire off a notification which also bounces to my phones/tablets via PushOver/PushAlot, plus a few minor things like TBird, Foobar, etc just for giggles.  It runs on 8.x too but you're probably going to eventually see a lot more support for the built in notification system as, well, it's built in and with 10, much better integrated.

 

hi

but i have problem to configure snarl

is snarl dipendent to the application ?

i mean does it work only with some application

thanks

 

I think you'll be best served just waiting for 10. 

hi

is there a way to try the beta?

i mean is there an iso ?

i would like to virtualize it , i don't want to mess up my w8.1

thanks

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but i have problem to configure snarl

is snarl dipendent to the application ?

i mean does it work only with some application

Well yes, as I mentioned a program has to be written to take advantage of something to actually be able to use it, it won't just 'automagically' start working with something it doesn't know about. Most of the stuff I use it for I wrote myself; various scripts and cron jobs on my servers will occasionally send some over the network, a couple services I have tied in as well. I use existing addons for Foobar, TBird, etc, my torrent client will send them via the command line notification utility, there's a program that will supposedly capture system tray balloon notifications and re-route them to Snarl although I've never tried it, etc. Really depends on what you're trying to do with it.
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. I use existing addons for Foobar, TBird, etc, my torrent client will send them via the command line notification utility, there's a program that will supposedly capture system tray balloon notifications and re-route them to Snarl although I've never tried it, etc. Really depends on what you're trying to do with it.

thanks really appreciate it a lot

can you please make an example for torrent ?

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can you please make an example for torrent ?

Depends on your client, need one that supports the running of a script/program after a certain event happens. Some do, some don't. Also depends on which tool you're using to send the notification, different parameters, etc. The one I use I wrote myself, a simple Python script that sends a command to Snarl, plus it also bounces notifications to my phone so I can know when something's done if I'm not at my desk. (It's in Python as I use that same script on Windows and *Nix boxes.)

For example, lets say Deluge, you'd use the Execute plugin.

http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Plugins/Execute

Vuze has the Command Runner plugin.

http://www.vuze.com/plugins/details/azexec

uTorrent (last I checked) doesn't have a global option for this yet, not sure about the Pro version. I think Transmission-Qt-Win has the option to do similar. Of course you could try that utility that reroutes tray notifications to Snarl; I've never had a need so no idea how well it works, but most clients throw notifications this way by default, if I read it right Win10's going to do something similar, capture old style notifications and re-route.

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Depends on your client, need one that supports the running of a script/program after a certain event happens. Some do, some don't. Also depends on which tool you're using to send the notification, different parameters, etc. The one I use I wrote myself, a simple Python script that sends a command to Snarl, plus it also bounces notifications to my phone so I can know when something's done if I'm not at my desk. (It's in Python as I use that same script on Windows and *Nix boxes.)

For example, lets say Deluge, you'd use the Execute plugin.
http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Plugins/Execute

Vuze has the Command Runner plugin.
http://www.vuze.com/plugins/details/azexec

uTorrent (last I checked) doesn't have a global option for this yet, not sure about the Pro version. I think Transmission-Qt-Win has the option to do similar. Of course you could try that utility that reroutes tray notifications to Snarl; I've never had a need so no idea how well it works, but most clients throw notifications this way by default, if I read it right Win10's going to do something similar, capture old style notifications and re-route.

thanks a lot!

yes i used utorrent

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thanks ubuntu and yosemite are really better then w10 notification

 

 

 

You also get a little toast in the bottom right corner, and can then choose to open that sideview :)

 

Just like in Yosemite

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You also get a little toast in the bottom right corner, and can then choose to open that sideview :)

 

Just like in Yosemite

thanks

but can i install w10 preview and after buy it

or should after re-install w10 final?

 

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