RE: AS adoption barriers [Starter Kit]
RE: AS adoption barriers [Starter Kit]
- Subject: RE: AS adoption barriers [Starter Kit]
- From: "Zavatone, Alex" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:33:35 -0700
Ken Grimm wrote:
I *stumbled* across the Guidebooks, downloaded and installed every one of
them (an afternoon's work) and it has been one of the greatest things I've
ever done. NO ONE told me they were there or available. NO OTHER resource
told me to go and get these great things.
If a beginner is frustrated, a years-long user like myself gets frustrated
to the nth degree by having to -- on your own -- go out and dig for the good
stuff that's there. I spend a significant part of my days I have set aside
for scripting just digging for the gold nuggets. I try to placate my
frustration by treating it as a "treasure hunting" adventure on company
time -- I try to internalize the search as a "fun" exercise.
I reply:
I can not agree with these two points strongly enough.
Ken again:
The Evangelizing of AppleScript, saturating the user with it at every
opportunity is missing -- others have posted making these points also.
The point Apple seems to miss entirely is THERE IS NO MATCHING TECHNOLOGY ON
THE WINDOZE PLATFORM. Lock and load, boys -- put Windoze in the crosshairs.
AppleScript can take em out.
Me:
Very very very well said. A gripe of mine was that the sample applescripts
we get in the basic install and elsewhere are pretty useless. How about
getting a convert mp3 to AIFF using QT pro?