Re: Scripting Safari's Preferences window
Re: Scripting Safari's Preferences window
- Subject: Re: Scripting Safari's Preferences window
- From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:02:24 -0700
I realise that, Bill, and I do appreciate the work done by those people. At
the end of the day anything that moves AppleScript forward (or, heck, anyone
inside Apple touching AppleScript code) has to be a good thing.
What I'm most concerned about is that they appear to be the only people
inside Apple working on AppleScript, which is a bad omen for the future of
AppleScript.
I can't think of one Apple-developed application that has a robust
dictionary.
Keynote is a (sick) joke
Safari has little more than the options to a get URL and do javascript.
Mail's dictionary looks like it was written by someone who'd never used
AppleScript (make new outgoing message at end of outgoing messages??? WTF??
Why can't you just create a new outgoing message?)
On 7/13/03 1:35 PM, "Bill Cheeseman" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I can assure you and everybody on this list that the Apple engineers
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responsible for GUI Scripting are acutely aware that a good object model
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dictionary is always preferred over reliance on GUI Scripting.
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Similarly, we at PreFab Software are long-time, dedicated AppleScripters. We
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always counsel users of PreFab UI Browser who write in to our support
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address for help with GUI Scripting to look at the target application's
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terminology dictionary as a first resort.
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Nevertheless, for applications that don't have a dictionary, or whose
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dictionary isn't up to a particular task, GUI Scripting is essential.
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on 03-07-13 1:18 PM, Andrew Oliver at email@hidden wrote:
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> And therein lies the problem. If people are content with the GUI scripting
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> hack, it's used as an excuse to not put robust AppleScript dictionaries into
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> applications. <snip>
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--
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Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
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Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
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http://www.quecheesoftware.com
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The AppleScript Sourcebook - http://www.AppleScriptSourcebook.com
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Vermont Recipes - http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/VermontRecipes
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