Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive
Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive
- Subject: Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive
- From: cheshirekat <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:08:33 -0700
On 11-22-2000 8:06 PM, Alexander Schrieken may have typed or relayed in
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:12:30 -0500, Xandra Lee
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>*Claris eMailer: (yes I STILL use eMailer) very capable, far
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>more stable than any of the alternatives. the only reason it's
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>not on my excellent list is it's impending death.
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It looks like you will be needing a new mail-client in the (near)
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future... I've already made my choice: Mailsmith from Bare Bones
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Software.
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The application is *very* scriptable. The program hasn't been
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around very long and that -- together with the high level of
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customer support that I have experienced -- promises a lot for
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the future. In fact, it would surprise me if it isn't the most
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popular mail-client on the Macintosh in a couple of years time.
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A fully functional demo is available at: <www.barebones.com> --
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just thought you should know.
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Alexander Schrieken
I have a lot of AppleScripts that I utilize with Emailer, probably more
than with any other application, so I do think it's very scriptable. The
lack of support for the product doesn't change the scriptability of an
app when it still works.
High level of support means nothing when it comes to software these days.
I'm sure many people know of several products they thought were great and
actively supported but are no longer so great and supported. The only
promises we get is for the software we buy at that particular moment. The
next moment the author could sell out, abandon the product or barely keep
it alive. Even Apple does this. There aren't any promises of anything in
the future and most software end user license agreements state this.
Emailer will continue to work for me as long as I have this Mac working.
And when the time comes for me to buy a new Mac next year, it will still
be working on this older Mac. There are several scriptable email clients
available to choose from - outlook, PowerMail, Mailsmith, Eudora and even
CE software has a client. But I personally reached a level of comfort
with Emailer that I'd rather not upset until after OSX is released for a
while and companies decide whether or not their email software is still a
"viable" product for them to continue to support. I'm distrusting of any
company that would even promise continued support because they always
seem rather quick to say whatever it takes to get your momney at the
moment, but when it's no longer viable for them they are even quicker
about not thinking about the investment the customers might have or any
loyalty to their products. I'd be really surprised if _all_ the current
email clients are still "supported" in 2 years. I'd be just as surprised
if I wasn't still getting my money's worth out of Emailer with my current
configuration.
Some people stopped using Emailer because of lack of support. But I took
a look at all the scripts I created that make my email use easier (not to
mention EmailTools) and decided that I'd rather wait until I _have_ to
abandon Emailer rather than switch to, invest in, and try to get used to
something else. I still think I'll be ahead because my email is safely
archived to a FMPro database or text files so I won't have to import
anything. Even my contacts are in a database. So, I think scriptability
of a product would also take into consideration how naked the app would
be to work with if you didn't have AppleScript abilities. In my case, it
would have caused me to look for another email client immediately when
the support of Emailer ceased because the scripts make me more
comfortable. I switched to Emailer from Eudora Pro, which was and still
is scriptable as well. But I found that scripting Emailer was a bit more
intuitive (for me) at the time. That intuitiveness enabled me to make
more scripts within the first few months of use than I ever did with
Eudora, resulting in a comfortable habit of using Emailer, and habits are
hard to break.
kat