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Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
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Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure


  • Subject: Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
  • From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:02:53 -0500
  • Thread-topic: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure

On 9/28/05 18:46, "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> It's hard enough getting developers to follow completely sensible design
>> guidelines
>
> I always find this a bit ironic. The people who attack AS with the most
> vigor are usually programmers, who attack it for (among other things) its
> inconsistency. The people who take the guidelines and implement them
> inconsistently are...

It's even more frustrating when Apple does it. Like the new podcast terms in
iTunes. First, you can tell that someone who doesn't quite get proper
dictionary design did them. Spaces are okay in AppleScript and wtf is up
with NO information in the dictionary AT ALL???

I mean... updatePodcast, and then, updateAllPodcasts. First, you don't need
two separate commands. All should be a parameter to updatePodcast. Secondly,
"updatePodcast" is just wretched. It's not perl, it's not C, it's
AppleScript. "update podcast" is what it should be.

Finally, how does one use this fascinating command. Evidently, it's a
secret.

That, more than anything else, is what pisses people off about AppleScript,
and it's NOT AppleScript's fault. AppleScript can't make the dictionaries
get built right. Oy.

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