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		adamesque on Nov 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Happens When A Twitter Client Hits The Token ... Ahem: http://www.w3.org/TR/notifications/ (although support isn't great yet: http://caniuse.com/#feat=notifications)

riffraff on Nov 16, 2012 [–]

I have been using notifications in chrome since they were available, and they don't even come close to growl, AFAICT.

Firehed on Nov 17, 2012 | [–]

They're a bit better on OS X 10.8 with Notification Center, but still subpar overall. But that's the nature of taking a power user tool and dumbing it down for mass-market consumption.

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