<s>
Growl	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
deprecated	O
global	O
notification	B-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
pop-up	O
notification	O
implementation	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
can	O
use	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
to	O
display	O
small	O
notifications	O
about	O
events	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
important	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
fully	O
control	O
their	O
notifications	O
,	O
while	O
allowing	O
application	O
developers	O
to	O
spend	O
less	O
time	O
creating	O
notifications	O
and	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
developers	O
to	O
concentrate	O
on	O
the	O
usability	O
of	O
notifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growl	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
Notification	B-Operating_System
Center	I-Operating_System
that	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
10.8	O
(	O
Mountain	O
Lion	O
)	O
and	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growl	B-Operating_System
is	O
installed	O
as	O
a	O
preference	B-Operating_System
pane	I-Operating_System
added	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
System	B-Operating_System
Preferences	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
pane	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
enable	O
and	O
disable	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
's	O
notifications	O
for	O
specific	O
applications	O
or	O
specific	O
notifications	O
for	O
each	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
notification	O
provides	O
some	O
information	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Download	O
Finished	O
"	O
or	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
track	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
comes	O
with	O
multiple	O
display	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
providing	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
different	O
style	O
options	O
for	O
presenting	O
the	O
notifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Display	O
plugins	B-Application
include	O
visual	O
styles	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
send	O
notifications	O
via	O
email	O
,	O
SMS	O
,	O
or	O
push	O
notifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
or	O
scripts	O
exist	O
to	O
add	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
notifications	I-Operating_System
to	O
iChat	B-Protocol
,	O
Mail	B-Operating_System
,	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
,	O
Safari	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
developers	O
may	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
API	B-Application
to	O
send	O
notifications	O
to	O
their	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growl	B-Operating_System
includes	O
bindings	B-Application
for	O
developers	O
who	O
use	O
the	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
AppleScript	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
website	O
listed	O
applications	O
that	O
install	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
without	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
permission	O
,	O
including	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Creative	I-Operating_System
Suite	I-Operating_System
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
published	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
apologizing	O
for	O
installing	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
on	O
users	O
 '	O
systems	O
without	O
permission	O
,	O
and	O
says	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
"	O
actively	O
working	O
to	O
mitigate	O
the	O
problem	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
added	O
an	O
article	O
to	O
their	O
knowledge	O
base	O
explaining	O
what	O
notifications	O
CS5	O
sends	O
and	O
how	O
to	O
remove	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
