Re: Facespan 5 Development Suspended
Re: Facespan 5 Development Suspended
- Subject: Re: Facespan 5 Development Suspended
- From: Roger Howard <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 10:22:14 -0700
On Thu, 21 May 2009 09:17:25 -0700, Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
wrote:
> At 7:57 AM -0700 5/21/09, Roger Howard wrote:
>>I'm kinda surprised not to see this being discussed yet:
>>
>>http://www.latenightsw.com/blogfs5/?p=179
>>
>>I know there are Script Debugger users, and probably plenty of former
>>Facespan users... was no one looking forward to FS5?
>
> Oh, we were looking forward to it, but Mark needs to eat, and Facespan
was
> growing beyond his ability to finish it. As a single man shop, it's
pretty
> easy to take on more than you can do in a reasonable time frame.
Don't get me wrong - I'm definitely not questioning his motives or
bitching... a man's gotta do what he's gotta do.
> Facespan
> was also encountering limitations in Cocoa's scripting implementation,
> which was causing stability problems and defying attempts to fix the
> problems.
That's what I've read... a shame as it reflects more on AppleScript's state
than does Mark just not having the time/resources to do it.
> All in all, I'm glad Mark is able to focus on more profitable projects
and
> keep Script Debugger in shape as one of the best AppleScript tools. I'm
> also curious what he'll work on next.
Indeed - it's been some years since i've had a license for SD (back to the
OS9 days) but it was indispensable when I was making a living doing this
stuff.
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