Re: iWork Pages
Re: iWork Pages
- Subject: Re: iWork Pages
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:30:31 -0600
On 1/25/05 9:02 PM, "Bill Briggs" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> A parallel would be the built-in support in Cocoa text fields for,
>> say, right to left unicode script. So, has Apple "switched on" R2L
>> support for Unicode Hebrew in Pages? Can one work with documents in
>> Hebrew or Aramaic in Pages? I haven't seen a copy yet.
>
> Which reminds me of yet another issue with some of these Cocoa
> applications. Using UI scripting to patch holes in the things they
> don't do you have interface objects that have names like "Button"
> instead of the f*&%ing button's actual name. First time I saw this BS
> I just couldn't believe that an intelligent being was at the console
> when it was written. Does Cocoa make people stupid?
No, but I think it makes them lazy. "I can build a web browser in 15
seconds". Unfortunately, that's all they do, is that cool bit. Labeling UI
items in a functional way, optimization, applescript support, that crap is
boring, and you never see it, or almost never I should say.
How many Cocoa apps, for all the "Superior Text Handling" crap you hear, can
approach what Illustrator, InDesign, or even Word can do with a click of a
button?
Not many.
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