Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive AppleEvents?)
Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive AppleEvents?)
- Subject: Re: Most Scriptable Apps (was: Re: Can a script receive AppleEvents?)
- From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:48:47 -0300
At 7:12 PM -0500 22/11/00, Xandra Lee wrote:
Personally I believe in naming names. After all, companies should get
credit for their scripting support
I agree.
Naturally, I can only speak about Apps I use.
Ditto.
I'll add a couple to the pot that I use extensively.
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VERY SCRIPTABLE: (very vey good -- to excellent)
(XL's definition: can do most things the App can do, plus more
*FrameMaker: very good and getting better with each decimal update.
It has a few quirks and unexpected behaviours, but no showstoppers.
Well done object model that is now pretty well complete with the
incorporation of tables in the last release. Now capable of doing
some serious publishing automation. Very little that the application
can do that AppleScript can't.
Pluses: has absolutely THE BEST TABLES/TABLE EDITOR in any
publishing software or word processor on the planet. Robust,
predictable, able to handle HUGE files and multifile books thousands
of pages in length with aplomb.
**----------------------------------------------**
GOOD SCRIPTABILITY:
(XL's definition: Quite scriptable,really worth scripting, but lacking some
important elements:
*Eudora (any version 3.x on): Very capable, though not able to do
everything that the application does. Some quirky things about the
implementation. Mail message component parts correspond nicely to
fields in database record making for easy archiving in FrameMaker, if
that's something you need.
Pluses: Very stable, capable of handling HUGE archives. Good
search capability that is remarkably quick.
*iCab: Very good implementation. Destined to be best of breed (my
opinion - we haven't seen the final shipping version yet).
Pluses: Stable, fast, small drive footprint and MUCH lower
RAM requirements than other browsers. Vast number of configurable
preferences. Excellent HTML error checking built it (great for web
site designers).
*Claris eMailer: (yes I STILL use eMailer) very capable, far more stable
than any of the alternatives. the only reason it's not on my excellent
list is it's impending death.
I'd dispute that bit about stability. I've been a Eudora user - both
lite and pro versions - for as long as I've been using a Mac, and
stability has never been an issue. It's the application that logs the
most hours on my Mac. I used the lite version for 5 years on three
different Macs without a single crash. The pro version has quit twice
since I upgraded several months ago. And it quit gracefully and never
taken the Mac down (a stark contrast with Netscape).
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