Re: Why so few OSX Additions?
Re: Why so few OSX Additions?
- Subject: Re: Why so few OSX Additions?
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 17:55:23 -0700
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At 17:31 -0400 6/20/2003, Xandra Lee wrote:
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I largely held off upgrading to X until AppleScript was in order...
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Now, with OSX reaching toddler stage (2 years?) I somewhat surprised by the
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lack "standard" 3rd party additions. Tanaka, Akua, (and a gazillion other
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little wonders) seem to be MIA. Gratefully Jon and Emmanuel and a few
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newbies have stepped up to the plate, but the pickin's are few (as evidenced
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by the list on MacScripter.
After an initial enthusiasm, the writing of Scripting Additions declined
(well before Mac OS X). Namespace pollution was the primary reason I
stopped writing them (laziness and lack of interest close behind). I can't
say why anyone else stopped.
--John
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John W. Baxter Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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