news from the front line, or near it, on scriptability of Keynote, Safari, iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, FCE
news from the front line, or near it, on scriptability of Keynote, Safari, iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, FCE
- Subject: news from the front line, or near it, on scriptability of Keynote, Safari, iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, FCE
- From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:12:43 +0000
Hi all..
having encountered these on the new machines (which interestingly were
running 10.2.4.. build 6J11) here's how it is:
Keynote - couldn't find a dictionary. GUI scripting ahoy.
Safari - already noted previously by someone else. Not extensive, but looks
like you could script it to at least open stuff. (Does one script much else
on a browser? I guess someone, or lots of ones, will tell me.)
and it is *damn* fast. Faster than iCab, faster than Chimera on my
iBook 500. It's going to be my Browser Of Choice from, I think, this
evening. Absolutely the fastest browser I've ever seen, and I've seen
plenty.
Fun Feature: cmd-shift-click opens a new window *in the
background*. Excellent - same as iCab.
iMovie 3: dictionary same as iMovie 2 - doCommand string. That's it.
iPhoto 2 - from what I recalled of iPhoto 1's dictionary, it's untouched.
Notably you can't script an enhance (wouldn't it be nice? tell picture 1 to
enhance) nor a retouch (retouch from {103,104} to {105,105} would be nice
but ain't there either.) Nor, now I think about it, was there anything
obvious to script burning a disc. (Can one script burning a disc without
using Toast etc on X?)
Final Cut Express - didn't even ask. That thing looks like the Space
Shuttle. Couldn't even dream of scripting that.
iDVD - nope. No scripting there either.
iTunes - it was iTunes 3.0.1 on the new machines. Dunno if that means they
get the Rendezvous capability or not. They didn't seem to do it, so maybe
that automagic thing that was shown off at previous MWs (New York, Paris..)
isn't happening just yet.
Charles
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