Skype: Get Growl-like Notifications with Skype-Notify Script


Skype Notify is little python script that takes advantage of Ubuntu 9.04′s growl-like transparent notifications to bring slick Skype updates to your system tray.

Not that Skype really needs one, it has the (like it or not) right-side-of-the-screen taskbar popup notifications. Rather dull, no? So if you want to test this, its simply because you like anything growl – - like me.

Skype-Notify Script uses Ubuntu’s native notify-osd unlike Mumbles that uses the DBus notification system

To install, download the script, say to your Home directory. Get Skype running, move to Options -> Notifications -> Advanced View -> Check the “Execute the following script on any event” option and paste the following script into it

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python /home/your-username/skype-notify.py -e"%type" -n"%sname" -f"%fname" -p"%fpath" -m"%smessage" -s%fsize -u%sskype

You’re done when you hit “Apply”

via [Webupd8.blogspot.com] | Update: Skype Notify Follow-Up

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7 Comments;

  1. Daniel Voyce (Web)
    8:52 am on June 12th, 2009

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  2. Emil  Begtrup-Bright
    4:17 pm on June 15th, 2009

    Thanks, looks good!

  3. Lightbreeze
    2:20 pm on July 24th, 2009

    Hey, I am the developer of this script.

    I post updates to and get feedback from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7530321#post7530321.

    Skype Notify now works with the indicator-applet and now appends new text to the bubbles if your friend sends you several messages in quick succession.

    If you could link to that page I would appreciate it, as I need feedback on how well this works for people. Thanks!

  4. seb
    8:51 am on September 21st, 2009

    @ lightbreeze

    I think they should have given credit to you in the first place, we all use free software written by others but some it seems don’t want to give credit… so sad

  5. seb
    8:52 am on September 21st, 2009

    btw there are other ‘bolgs’ advertising the script without reference to lightbreeze :-(

  6. Martin Kaba
    11:44 am on September 21st, 2009

    @SEB: Thanks for voicing things out, but that’s not how it works. Often its difficult to know who generates such a small script, and often too its not of primary importance to readers. So i give credit to the source of the information,

    The second problem is most of such scripts quickly ware-out, the author keeps moving them and so on, it becomes difficult and time-wasting tracking them down.

  7. kem
    12:35 pm on October 12th, 2009

    Skype: Get Growl-like Notifications with Skype-Notify Script http://bit.ly/AXUrD

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