Re(4): (OT) Outlook Express email setup
Re(4): (OT) Outlook Express email setup
- Subject: Re(4): (OT) Outlook Express email setup
- From: Jens Bauer <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 17:07:08 +0100
Hi Chilton,
On Wed, 1 May, 2002, Chilton Webb <email@hidden> wrote:
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IMO, IC is one of the best ideas I've seen yet for the Mac, and I hope
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it sticks around for a long, long time.
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From what I recall, early versions of Outlook Express used IC
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*exclusively*, cramming all kinds of various settings into it (and at
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that time, they were adhering to the IC API devoutly).
I'd call this *abuse*. ;)
*IF* it is necessary to keep information in IC for your application, this
information should only be a longword, some kind of ID/setting (a key for
instance), which is also represented in the application's setting file.
-If you need location-specific preferences, Apple made a cool API
(including demo-plugins) for writing Apple Location Manager modules.
You can even write your own module for existing applications if they do
not offer an ALM module already.
-Most developers just didn't reach this point yet; the technology is
brilliant and simple.
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At that time, and
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I could be wrong here, they were the *only* developer not using their
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own scheme (in addition to IC in most cases). If they've since changed
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their methods, that's not good. I would invite every net app developer
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to look into IC and learn how it works.
I second that! :)
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It will save the user many
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headaches and will make your app much more 'friendly' towards other apps.
Agree!
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And if you ever need any help with IC, feel free to add me to your list
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of people who don't mind being bugged about it.
And me too. I'd be happy to provide both ObjC and C++ interfaces for it,
if you need something other than the existing C interfaces. I wrote an
ObjC interface already.
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I applaud the vision
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behind IC, and wish other aspects of the MacOS were as easy to work with.
Yes; Peter and Quinn (plus those IC developers who may have assisted
them) are geniouses.
Love,
Jens
--
Jens Bauer, Faster Software.
-Let's make the World better, shall we ?
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