Re: Push for AppleScript in OS X
Re: Push for AppleScript in OS X
- Subject: Re: Push for AppleScript in OS X
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 08:46:53 +1100
On 2/2/01 5:13 AM +1000, Paul Berkowitz, email@hidden, wrote:
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On 2/1/01 9:57 AM, "Bourque, Jason" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I think it would be in our best interests if everyone sent their desire to
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> have AppleScript in OS X.
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The good news is that you're about one year too late, Jason. There has been
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very well-publicized evidence for a long time now that AppleScript will be
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alive and well in OS X. There have only been about 1000 references to it on
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this very list so far, plus official announcements from Chris Nebel of the
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AppleScript team here. You can begin to look forward to March 24 (or maybe
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give it a little longer to be working smoothly).
AppleScript will certainly be there, but the suggestions seem to be that,
initially, it will be less than we have at the moment. That strikes me as
ironic -- the great step forward will, for some of us, be a step backwards.
I'm not criticising the AppleScript team in any way -- from all I hear,
they've done a great job. But it's pretty clear they don't have much in the
way of resources. And I'm sure they're frustrated at all the things they
would like to do, but can't.
I'm not convinced that the powers that be in Cupertino appreciate
AppleScript any more than they ever have. They still keep happily cranking
out apps and utilities that completely ignore it. I have to wonder if it's
in OS X under sufferance, as a sop to some big publishing clients.
It's not hard to imagine that, not long after OS X comes out, AS could be
put into maintenance mode. Times are tight (again) in Cupertino. It's not a
selling point in the consumer market, it's underused in education except for
things like lab management, and a lot of the big users in publishing keep
quiet about it, trying to keep their competitors in the dark. At some stage,
someone might well (again) say near enough is good enough.
On that basis, Jason's call to provide feedback doesn't seem such a bad
idea. It certainly seems a more important issue to me than what side of the
screen the dock clings to.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden