Re: Folder actions steal UI foces
Re: Folder actions steal UI foces
- Subject: Re: Folder actions steal UI foces
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:02:20 -0500
- Thread-topic: Folder actions steal UI foces
On 5/24/05 14:39, "Johan Solve" <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...?
It sounds like it has to do with System Events actually running Folder
Actions, and the fact that if you're using application tell blocks of any
stripe, that's going to do some odd things to the focus.
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