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Re: 'inconsistency' [was: Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure]
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Re: 'inconsistency' [was: Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure]


  • Subject: Re: 'inconsistency' [was: Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure]
  • From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:17:21 -0500
  • Thread-topic: 'inconsistency' [was: Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure]

On 9/29/05 03:33, "has" <email@hidden> wrote:

>
> I've said it before, I'll say it again: the real problem is LACK OF
> DOCUMENTATION. Those who describe application interfaces as 'frustratingly
> inconsistent' merely misdiagnose a symptom and miss the cause completely.
> Application developers who do not provide comprehensive interface
> documentation need to be held accountable by their users, because without
> accurate, detailed documentation users are left to figure out mystery meat
> APIs with nothing more than intelligent guesswork and random attempts at
> applying what's already been found to work on other applications to see if
> anything sticks on this one as well (where the 'inconsistent' misdiagnosis
> comes from).

Yah...what he said, double for me.

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"Getting married to have sex is like buying a 747 to get free peanuts."

Jeff Foxworthy


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