Re: To OSAX or Not To OSAX?
Re: To OSAX or Not To OSAX?
- Subject: Re: To OSAX or Not To OSAX?
- From: julifos <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 20:16:46 +0200
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Opinions, guidance, wisdom, hard-and-fast rules all appreciated...
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Under what circumstances does one decide to go ahead and rely on a call to
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an addition instead of perhaps a longer or less elegant, but 'pure', method
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that can be achieved with AS standard installed components?
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Especially if a script is intended for distribution. Even if the osax is
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freely distributable, but would require an "install" (which, as we know in
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this case, means "drop" mostly), do you think users are less likely to give
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it a go if they have to "do something" other than double click? (Yes,
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obviously, any perceived 'obstacle' is an obstacle, but...)
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If the tool is distributed with the script, then perhaps that's easier to
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swallow for a user than if they need to download from some third-party
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location?
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I'm guilty of installing almost anything to try it out...and perhaps this
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self-selected lot shares some of that inclination, but what about Jane User?
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Or Joe Network?
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Thanks in advance for your experience and advice.
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Gary
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P.S.
I think that some required rules to share a project are speed, reliability &
portability.
Of course, vanilla solutions are best than osaxen calls, but only if the use
of vanilla doesn't slow down your script or make it unreliable.
As you say, I think the best solution for an user is a double-click use
(even better if he mustn't read documentation before use your app).
JJ
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