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At 1:18 PM -0700 4/24/08, Bruce Robertson wrote: > > At 12:30 PM -0700 4/24/08, Bruce Robertson wrote: >>> What's the level of effort required? Any chance you'd turn it over to >>> somebody else; or do something like get a hold of Seattle Xcoders (dBug >>> programming SIG) and see if somebody there wants to tackle it or assist? >> >> One reason - in my opinion - why it's not a rewarding job to write >> Scripting Additions: >> 1/ Apple never says in advance what new features they will program >> into the next OS version (which is normal), >> 2/ Apple does not care much about the small fish among developers >> (which is normal), >> 3/ Apple is committed to improve their products as much as possible, >> so, the more useful your osax' features, the higher the odds that >> Apple will program them into the next OS, and that your osax' value >> will instantly get close to $0. >> >> Several on this list know the pain of *that kind* of new feature. >> >> That's why using an enriched AppleScript environment, maintained for >> its own use by an industrial company, like Smile provides for free, >> is a route many productive scripters have chosen. I chose not to bug >> this list too often with "why not use Smile" posts, but a large >> fraction of the questions on this list or the other one are answered >> in Smile. >> >> Emmanuel >> Satimage-software, http://www.satimage-software.com, and now also >> Quomodo, http://www.quomodo.com, the AppleScript-based web 2.0 site. > >As always, your comments are appreciated. The contributions of Satimage are >wonderful and your company is clearly staffed by bright and talented people. > >I do wish that sometime the general computer publishing world or Mac >publishing world would do a substantive article about Satimage. > >I think the story of what Satimage does is powerful in itself, and the more >general story of what can be done with Applescript technology is also >important. <blush>forwarded to the team</blush> Thanks, Bruce :-) Emmanuel