On Nov 30, 2014, at 11:39 AM, 2551 wrote:
On 1 Dec 2014, at 00:12, Luther Fuller < email@hidden> wrote:
Without these languages, the computer is somewhat useless
I don't really understand this claim. 99% of people I know who have a mac have no idea what AppleScript is or what they could use it for. It doesn't seem to be affecting the utility of their machines. Even in my own case, I switched to the mac in 2004, but never picked up AppleScript till 2011. Didn't stop me from using my mac very productively before that.
Once upon a time, many years ago, I would spend perhaps 10 minutes per day manually moving and sorting messages into Finder folders so I could keep a record of, for example, AppleScript Users. As an individual user, 10 minutes per day isn't a problem.
But, as an AppleScripter, I was curious about automating this. Now, I simply click a button and wait 5 sec for all this to happen automatically.
What if I were employed by someone to sort and archive email for a business ? I would be dealing with business volume, not personal volume of email. If I did this manually, I would need more than 10 minutes per day. And I would be paid for this time. And my employer would be very interested in an AppleScript that, with a simple button click, could sort and archive an entire day's email in a few seconds. I would become a much more efficient employee.
Without AppleScript, the Mac is just a time consuming manual machine. Business will look elsewhere for computer services that consume less time.
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