Re: Finder scriptability
Re: Finder scriptability
- Subject: Re: Finder scriptability
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:22:38 +1000
- Thread-topic: Finder scriptability
On 19/8/05 10:08 PM, "Rosyna" <email@hidden> wrote:
> If you confine your criticism to something as solid as the lack of
> AppleScript support (and all recordability last I checked), then yes,
> the finder has well deserved duct tape over its soft spots.
No; it's a mess. There may be valid reasons for why it's the way it is, but
it's not a case of "soft spots" or any other euphemism -- it's a mess.
> But then again, how demoable is AppleScripting the Finder, even if it
> did work?
When recording worked, extremely. But I'm more interested in seeing it fixed
for the sake of getting work done, rather than demos. Shell scripting
doesn't do great demos either, but it works.
> Even though AppleScript seems one of the easiest things on
> earth (well, on OS X) compared to doing anything else, aside from
> Automater, it still scares the hell out of people.
So it's a real shame that when they get up the courage to try it in an app
they all use, it's likely to end in tears, and the user is just as likely to
blame themselves for something that, unbeknown to them, is broken.
> Because tell
> application "Finder" to beep is too hard for them to understand. Yet
> give them VisualBasic, and they become a script kiddie.
Really? People are doing extensive scripting of applications in VisualBasic?
I guess I mix in the wrong circles.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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