Re: Poll: best and worst applescript support
Re: Poll: best and worst applescript support
- Subject: Re: Poll: best and worst applescript support
- From: Chuck Coleman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:37:34 -0700
On 9/19/01 1:15 PM, "Brennan" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Hi folks,
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As most of you realise, there are applescript dictionaries and there are
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applescript dictionaries. Unfortunately, those companies with lousy or patchy
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applescript support rarely get a kick up the a***, and those that really make
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the effort probably see it as thankless, so I was thinking we should run a
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little poll and compile a table for best and worst, then present the results
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to the companies involved.
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I would go along with this. I have several apps that have AS dictionaries
that were obviously written for a different app and got mixed up on the
final release. I use the dictionary and can't get it to work. I then make up
words that look like they might fit and it works. It really sucks.
Now up to Date and Contact would rate a poor on my estimation.
Xtension, the Home Automation software (www.shed.com), is by far the
absolute best I have ever seen. There is over 100 commands that AS can use
and this program will control other programs easily. Compared to Xtension
all other programs get a poor rating. But we have to be realistic and so I
won't compare Xtension with other programs in my evaluation.
And you can use the word "ass" since the FCC allows it on TV during prime
time family viewing. I hear far worse from the local grade school kids on
the playground.
Chuck