Re: Barriers to Applescript adoption
Re: Barriers to Applescript adoption
- Subject: Re: Barriers to Applescript adoption
- From: Nigel Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:20:00 +0100
On Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at 10:00 PM, Zavatone, Alex wrote:
About the AppleScript Language Guide:
Ya, since it is dated 5.5.99, it only took me over 2 years to download
it.
And I only found about it from this list. Using google and other search
engines, I would have NEVER found it.
Yet, if you go to Apple's AppleScript web page, there it is, nicely
linked to. And look, a link to the guide books as well, and tutorials,
web sites such as the SourceBook and Bill Briggs AppleScript primers,
more example scripts, and..., and..., and...
These things aren't exactly hidden. And even if you don't know the URL
for the AppleScript web page, bringing up Help Center from the Script
Editor and typing "web" in as the search term gives you a clickable link
to the AppleScript page -- and even tells you the site has the reference
manuals! And if that's too difficult, typing "applescript" into the
search box on Apple's homepage returns the AppleScript page as top item,
and that's only if you can't guess that AppleScript is software, so you
get to it by following the "software" link off Apple's home page...
OK, Apple don't exactly evangalise AppleScript, and almost admit as much
themselves -- the first paragraph on the AppleScript page
(<
http://www.apple.com/applescript/>, in case you still haven't found
it) says "Most Macintosh users don't realize there is a powerful hidden
interface to their computers..." -- but the information is there, it is
available, and it is *not* difficult to find.
Nigel