Re: Nice Automator article on O'Reilly
Re: Nice Automator article on O'Reilly
- Subject: Re: Nice Automator article on O'Reilly
- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 08:28:23 -0700
At 3:43 PM -0700 5/4/05, Christopher Nebel wrote:
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>[1] All right, two. Big ones. About Automator. Misconceptions about M. Welch are not my department.
Nor mine, but the stories about him and the gophers was too funny to NOT forward to everyone.
>[2] More importantly, a programmatic interface to the data your application works on. This is a subtle but important distinction -- consider Address Book. Automating Address Book the application is not very important; what matters is automating your address book data.
I disagree with this, as I believe it is a commonly used excuse. Scripting the data certainly is important, but using the program as a display system and allowing the user to script their interface layout are also important.
There's a thread complaining that the Finder has stopped saving the position of scripted window moves. Exactly this problem.
>[3] Ideally, you'll write some actions too, so your users don't have to.
The key is to call them all Bruce. And to not be caught not drinking after lights out.
>[4] No, really. Larry Wall said so. The other two virtues of great programmers are impatience and hubris.
You're wasting my valuable time here. ;)
Jon
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