Re: why update CarbonLib? (was Re: opening applescript crashes computer)
Re: why update CarbonLib? (was Re: opening applescript crashes computer)
- Subject: Re: why update CarbonLib? (was Re: opening applescript crashes computer)
- From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:10:34 +0100
At 9:54 am -0400 on 30/5/2001, Paul Skinner wrote:
(I wrote, re updating CarbonLib)
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> Are apps faster? More beautiful? What is it? It feels like updating for
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> updating's sake.
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CarbonLib actually makes every program on your machine care more about
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the work that they are doing. It's not so much of a empirical improvement as
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it is an attitude improvement.
?? What in the nameless biscuit does *that* mean? They don't try to
overwrite memory? Each other? They're more polite to the system about
interrupts or something??
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"CarbonLib 1.3.1 delivers new functionality and features for Carbon-based
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applications on Mac OS 8.6, all Mac OS 9 releases and
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Mac OS X."-http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11916
Ah, yes. I ran this past Babelfish and it said "This is already in
English". Coulda fooled me.
..
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New APIs and events
..none looking particularly like you'd use them every day to me, but I'm
happy to be corrected
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General sync with Mac OS X
which I ent using right now...
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Several are probably worth having for the scripter. The main difference I
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have noticed is improved speed on mounting my iDisk.
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9 seconds !!!
That's quite good.. though it still feels like too long :-)
Charles
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