Re: OneClick and QuicKeys {WAS: OSA Menu Lite]
Re: OneClick and QuicKeys {WAS: OSA Menu Lite]
- Subject: Re: OneClick and QuicKeys {WAS: OSA Menu Lite]
- From: "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:51:15 -0700
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>>>I'm confused I think. Doesn't QKeys have a scripting language of their own too? One that I personally found really annoying. I'm using Qkeys, but am not happy.
Yes. I'm not a big fan of QK, it just seemed that it was being unfairly disparaged. For all it's problems and limitations it does have a lot of power and functionality.
I haven't used either product for years (Thanks to PreFab Player and HyperCard) but as I remember the difference was that you didn't need to learn the QK language, you could do everything with AppleScript and Macros. With OC if you want the really advanced and groovy features you have to learn their language. If QK has since done the same thing, that's a pity.
I think it's a mistake for developers to expect their customers who are scripting dozens of applications to have to learn a unique application that only works within the context of their apps especially when system-wide inter-application scripting is widely available.
I also think any scripter who decides to learn that kind of scripting risks being left behind if the developer chooses, for what ever reason, not to support or continue development of their application.
I think if you develop on a mac you should fully implement AppleScript in your applications.
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>>PB>>its easy-to-learn but incredibly powerful scripting that QC
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ES>> That's one of the things I like least about One Click. I already have incredibly powerful easy-to-learn scripting (AppleScript) that I'm very happy with.
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>CS>>AppleScript is *not* an easy language to learn (IMO) - especially for people new to programming/scripting.
Well, of course, "easy" is a relative term. It's easy when compared to UserTalk, Perl, Real Basic and the One Click scripting implementation.
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>>>The documentation front is still very weak.
Aside from the three language guides available from Apple there are, I believe, 5 books available on the AppleScript language as well as numerous resources freely available on the web.
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>>>Object model consistency from app to app is lacking. Clear examples for app scripting are conspicuously absent from most app's documentation.
This situation has greatly improved over the last year or so.
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>>OC's EasyScript is clear, concise, and well documented. Anyone who's ever had any programming experience will take to it like a duck to water.
I didn't. I did give it a try, but did not find the language intuitive and I found products on the market that provided all the functionality without the need to learn their language.
ES