On 7/17/02 5:40 PM, "Jeffrey W. Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Very true, but hasn't Steve repeatedly stated that these applications are > available as a part of the system, allowing any application to access their > data if written to do so? Hmm., I don't think that I've ever heard that. The Address Book has an API but there is no good mechanism in place to extend their elementary schema in some compatible way. I guess all the address book authors could get together and reinvent the wheel. It is going to be very difficult to do this though. >> FWIW: with the new Palm Conduit we shipped a generic Entourage Sync engine. >> You will see other products using it in the near future. Probably before >> Apple >> ships iSync. It lets anything transfer data into and out of Entourage's >> Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Notes modules. > > Yeah, but would it be an engine only for MS applications or would it be used > by others? Are you sharing the API's? It is in the hands of at least two third parties right now (it became available the same day as the Palm Conduit). If someone has a need to get to our data, we'd love them to get to it. >> Today's keynote left a bitter taste in my mouth because Apple continues to >> borrow heavily from the work that we've done in Entourage. Their new Address >> Book and the iCal window look strikingly similar to Entourage. Funny, I >> always >> thought Microsoft was the one who supposedly borrowed all of Apple's ideas. > > Well, I can agree that Apple wants their programs to do certain things, > things that some MS applications do. However, I don't see how it's > "copying." A junk mail filter, is like a spell checker for a word processor. > It's not a proprietary feature concept, but one that just makes sense. If > this is copying, so be it. Good ideas should be shared, whether it's Apple > sharing with MS or vice versa. > > However, These applications that Apple is writing, are Cocoa, and they are > completely different at the core, drawers being one feature I love about > 'em. Feature copying is nothing new. Very, very similar UI is tough to accept. As to drawers, they aren't available to Carbon apps last I heard. Don't understand why not. All in all though, it is just a hidden interface. I don't like the usability of drawers but that's just me. They are great to demo though. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
