Growl for Windows - (Freeware)
Growl notifies the user about any change that appeared in the system and displays the information in standardized or customizable options.
Growl is a notification system that alerts when changes like receiving a new email, a download fails, scheduled appointment occur. Very practical, this small application is fully configurable and user can choose which notifications he wants to appear. Finally, the program will automatically load at startup.
The application is compatible with numerous programs such as Adium, Skype, aMSN, Entourage, Vienna , or Cyberduck. Growl integrate technology, most of the time without even having to change anything in the options.
Notifications are customizable: many skins are available, but it is also possible to receive notifications by email, or to be dictated by the application of speech .
* much faster startup time (displays no longer loaded into seperate AppDomains)
* seperated out user-installed displays from built-in displays
* fixed click-to-install display functionality on Vista
* fixed auto-update bug when updating on Vista (intaller error 2689)
* fixed a bug that caused GFW to crash if a Subscriber came online while the list of Forward Computers was being rendered