I am working on sample user notification on 10.8 however the key NSUserNotificationAlertStyle when i set it to alerts not working, my application still shows it as banner, t
After go through every topics about this issue, I think there might be not very clear in each part, so I try to list all the steps for the developer who might also have this problem. To have the alert notification work, you can follow with Lexandr's sign steps 1,2,3, then you will get it work.
But if you are in the developing phase, or just have a debug, you still want to see what it looks like in the notification center. You need to open system preference->notifications, find your debug app, and choose the alert style to alerts. Then you can continue to develop without waiting for the sign to see the final result.