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Thursday, October 3, 2002
O'Reilly: Why Unix Matters to Mac OS X
- Quote: O'Reilly's final lesson was one also learned from Microsoft, "a platform beats an application every time. AppleScript matters because you get a virtuous circle of hacker innovation." As you develop applications, think about what it means to be a platform. Create hooks so that other people can write to it. Think about extensibility and interoperability when you create an application. He advised developers to think of their applications as "network and open applications. Play well with others and have fun." [ranchero.com]
8:25:47 PM
ScriptBuilders News
- New: Format Address Book Phone Numbers 1.0, Count Contacts 1.0
7:58:24 PM
Xupport 1.1.3
- Xupport uses AppleScript to easily perform several system related tasks. New in this version: Turn on/off guest access of your Apple FileServer. "Empty Trash" regardless of the file's permissions. Guide to delete files and folders, regardless of the file's permissions. Corrections in state display of "Network Optimizer".
4:25:15 PM
Applelinks: AppleScript In Tex-Edit Plus And Response To Tom Bender's OS X Letter
- "In his follow-up note that appears below, Tex Edit Plus developer Tom Bender says":
2:47:41 PM
ASTest 0.3
- ASTest is a unit testing framework for AppleScript. Changes: Heavy redesign. The download is still labeled as version 0.2 but it is actually 0.3.
1:37:48 PM
Spamfire 1.21
- Spamfire is an anti-spam email filtering application that deletes unwanted commercial and pornographic email. It works with any POP3 account and any Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X email program. Changes include: Rudimentary AppleScript support. More AppleScript features are on the way.
10:34:51 AM
- Quote: O'Reilly's final lesson was one also learned from Microsoft, "a platform beats an application every time. AppleScript matters because you get a virtuous circle of hacker innovation." As you develop applications, think about what it means to be a platform. Create hooks so that other people can write to it. Think about extensibility and interoperability when you create an application. He advised developers to think of their applications as "network and open applications. Play well with others and have fun." [ranchero.com]
8:25:47 PM
ScriptBuilders News
- New: Format Address Book Phone Numbers 1.0, Count Contacts 1.0
7:58:24 PM
Xupport 1.1.3
- Xupport uses AppleScript to easily perform several system related tasks. New in this version: Turn on/off guest access of your Apple FileServer. "Empty Trash" regardless of the file's permissions. Guide to delete files and folders, regardless of the file's permissions. Corrections in state display of "Network Optimizer".
4:25:15 PM
Applelinks: AppleScript In Tex-Edit Plus And Response To Tom Bender's OS X Letter
- "In his follow-up note that appears below, Tex Edit Plus developer Tom Bender says":
"I think the Cocoa development system is possibly the second best-kept secret on the planet. (The first is AppleScript.)"Visit Applelinks for the rest of the story.
2:47:41 PM
ASTest 0.3
- ASTest is a unit testing framework for AppleScript. Changes: Heavy redesign. The download is still labeled as version 0.2 but it is actually 0.3.
1:37:48 PM
Spamfire 1.21
- Spamfire is an anti-spam email filtering application that deletes unwanted commercial and pornographic email. It works with any POP3 account and any Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X email program. Changes include: Rudimentary AppleScript support. More AppleScript features are on the way.
10:34:51 AM