On or near 11/12/01 11:40 AM, jud spencer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > Speaking as an email user (and not as a Microsoft employee), I would say > that this is not a fair comparison. A car can't run without tires. The > overwhelming majority of Entourage users (me included) never use AppleScript > with Entourage. > > Yes the scripting support is a key feature of the product. It isn't one that > anywhere near the majority of our users use.
I'm surprised that you never use AppleScript, but then, I can't put myself in anyone else's shoes. For me, I would not do without it. If it were not for my desire for good scriptability, I'd probably still be using Eudora Lite or Apple's Mail on OS X (and they are adding to its scriptability all the time). I agree that my analogy about tires was a bit extreme. I thought of saying "without cushioned upholstery" or something like that, but it didn't have the impact. :-) After consideration, I guess I'm reacting largely out of shock, and annoyance at spending a half-hour trying to help someone, a novice user, debug a script, only to discover that his version of Entourage did not support scripting. I meant my message primarily as a "heads up" to anyone who might be considering, or recommending, the SE. I love Entourage, and think you guys have done more to give Microsoft a good name with Mac users than anyone. But I still think that it's a shame that to get "full" Entourage, including scripting, hot syncing, spell checking, and auto-correction, a person is forced to spend $150 to buy Word as well. That compares poorly, price-wise, with other mail clients on the market. Yes, they are getting Word, too, but what if they are perfectly happy with AppleWorks or whatever they already have? It prices it at what, to me, seems to be the high end for home users, and definitely out of reach for a lot of people who are thrilled to get an iMac for $899, and are not prepared to pay 1/6 the price of their computer to get a better mail client. I know a lot of small businesses that balk at paying $150 for software--any software. -- Add me to Palm/Visor: http://signature.coola.com/?[EMAIL PROTECTED] Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> XNS name: =Allen Watson Applescripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
