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Re: Folder actions steal UI foces
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Re: Folder actions steal UI foces


  • Subject: Re: Folder actions steal UI foces
  • From: Johan Solve <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 21:39:22 +0200

On 5/24/05, Mr Tea <email@hidden> wrote:
> This annoyance has dogged folder actions in OS X. I first commented on it
> here in 2002...
>
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2002/Sep/msg00073.html
>
> ...and of course responded robustly when Sander brought up the issue last
> year...
>
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2004/Apr/msg00587.html

Thanks for these pointers (and all the other comments, folks)

> I used to dream of a day when Folder actions in OS X would be as smooth as
> the were in OS 9. If they still aren't fixed, even in Tiger, I guess the
> dream's pretty much dead.

Granted, in Tiger the blink is much quicker/shorter. But no matter how
fast a switch of focus is, it's unbearable.
At least I've filed a Tiger Feedback entry about this.

Would it really be that hard to write a hickup-free replacement
mechanism to trigger folder action scripts? I'm surprised nobody has.
Or maybe someone have...?


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