Re: Plug-ins
Re: Plug-ins
- Subject: Re: Plug-ins
- From: Carlos Ysunza <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:50:13 -0600
- Thread-topic: Plug-ins
Title: Re: Plug-ins
On Dec 16, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Yvan KOENIG wrote:
>>> Some time ago, I wrote an application, via AppleScript, of course, that had some preferences that were accessible via Get Info. Select the application's icon, Get Info, then check or uncheck items in the Plug-ins pane.
>>>
>>> I just tried to do this ... and found that the Plug-ins pane is gone in Snow Leopard.
>>>
>>> I switched to Leopard, and found that I can now see and use Get Info's Plug-ins pane.
>>>
>>> Is this a bug or has this feature been removed from Get Info?
>>>
>>> I've searched for info on this, but found nothing.
>>
>> The Languages and Plug-ins info slice was removed from Finder on the grounds that it was used by only a tiny fraction of users. (And apparently was a security threat in the case of plug-ins.) You can always use Show Package Contents, though of course that's not nearly as directed as the Get Info slice. File a Radar asking to bring it back if you feel strongly about it.
>
> They also removed the ability to set the applications used language from the Get Info slice.
> It was easy to switch from Pages in English to Pages in French.
> Now we must enter the package and move the resouirces by hand.
>
> Is it what we call an improvement ?
It's called "removing features that most people don't use." Typically, you'd set the language once in System Preferences and run with it. Again, you can use Show Package Contents, there are third-party utilities that fill the gap (it wouldn't even be very hard to write your own), and you can file a bug asking for it back if you feel strongly about it.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
PS: Technically, the Get Info slice didn't let you set the language to use, it let you enable and disable installed ones, but given that plus the right ordering of fallback languages in System Preferences, it amounts to the same thing.
In my case and I think for many of us that live in a non English country, I prefer to install all my applications in English or multilanguage, because I found the Spanish localization is made it for people of Spain, and their translation of many technical terms is a little bit annoying and sometimes ridiculous, not to mention the manuals and documentation, in Mexico the tendency is to use the English technical words in it’s original language.
But sometimes we need to work with somebody that don’t speak English so we need the ability of enable disable this feature, and of course if is possible to do that using AppleScript would be nice
Carlos Ysunza B.
Director
Ysunza/Santiago
Visual Communication • Automation
Tel. (52)55 5256-0336
email@hidden
http://www.ysunzasantiago.com
http://www.thesecretmexico.com
http://www.softrobot.com.mx
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