On Monday, June 28, 2004, at 03:43 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
<http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/automator.html>
Hmm... is this just a GUI for AppleScript, or something else entirely?
Wonder if it will work with 3rd-party apps. Wonder if it will work with Finale?
It seems to me that it's a QuicKeys-type thing; kind of a reworking of the shortcuts preference panel from 10.3. But that's just the vibe I get from that page... Xcode seems (to me) to be more of an AppleScript-capable sort of thing.
I suspect that Apple has integrated concepts from Folder Actions, Workflow (as in the PDF workflow item currently available for the Print dialog), AppleScript recording, and AppleScript Xcode plugins. Of these, the Xcode plugins currently permit the use of Cocoa UI elements such as the ones shown on the right hand side of the illustration (Apply Quartz Filter, New iPhoto Album, and Play iPhoto Slideshow). You'll probably be supplied with the AppleScript equivalent of a new NSView sub-class, drag 'n drop the widgets you need for your interface, and then wire them up to some action with AppleScript.
Now that Dashboard thing... it looks like it's just Konfabulator integrated into the OS instead of requiring a separate application.
That's a disgusting move on Apple's part IMO (ripping off the Konfab design). It's the thing I hate about Microsoft.
Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca
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