Aye Matey!!! AppleScript is a most bodacious thing to know if ye be wanting a powerful trick up yer sleeve.
Jerry (uhh, read some of the earlier messages from today, it'll make sense) On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 01:10 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > I not only remember Beagle Bros. and their wonderful Timeout series, > I've kept the faith with WestCode Software's One Click macro program > for the Mac (developed by BB guru Alan Bird), which was the closest > thing I could find to BB's wonderful UltraMacros program. > > Apparently, Westcode is not going to upgrade One Click for OS X (I am > in the throes of grief and denial). I've bought Quickeys for X, which > is decent enough but doesn't offer anywhere near the programming > capabilities of One Click. > > Is it time to tackle AppleScript? > > Dan > > >I am still following you on this and I still believe it is a good idea. > >(Remember Beagle Brothers Software? The owners were not ?programmers, > >when he and his wife started the company, just someone that wanted the > >AppleWorks of that time to do a particular task. They did it > >very well.) > > > >On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 05:16 PM, Henri Yandell > >wrote: > > > >> I meant more, having a non-developer managing an open source project > >> as a > >> domain-expert/customer, and having them forcibly going out to > interest > >> developers. > >> > >> Seems to happen rarely in open source. It's why the best open source > >> projects are ones that do something the developer wanted [ie they > were > >> the > >> domian-expert]. Referred to as scratching your own itch. > >> > >> Hen > >> > >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Jerry Yeager wrote: > >> > >>> No major reasons why it should not work, some of the most intense > >>> effort > >>> at the moment (if you look at the on-going projects) is getting > >>> Open-Source versions of commercial software, the two things can live > >>> side-by-side as Adobe's PhotoShop and The Gimp have done. > >>> > >>> Jerry > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 04:54 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Hadn't thought of sf in that sense, but I guess there's no reason > why > >>>> you > >>>> couldn't open an account, propose a project, then look to hire > >>>> developers > >>>> through the help wanted bit... > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Jerry Yeager wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Here you go: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://sourceforge.net/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Toss 'em the project and see what they say... > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Jerry > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 04:29 PM, Henri Yandell > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hmmm. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Isn't there a website for people to submit requests for open > source > >>>>>> work > >>>>>> to be done? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I bet there's some open source coders sitting in a bedroom > trying to > >>>>>> hack > >>>>>> out a web browser who would kill to learn of such an opening. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> They have a previously good product to copy, they have a market > who > >>>>>> will > >>>>>> accept any product that gets relatively near, and even accept > bugs > >>>>>> as > >>>>>> they'll be more pissed at the previous company.... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sounds almost perfect :) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hell... design the product and put your design online under and > open > >>>>>> licence. Nothing in the ideals of open source that says only > >>>>>> developers > >>>>>> can create software. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Users should be able to design the software requirements they > want > >>>>>> and > >>>>>> put > >>>>>> them out there waiting for a set of developers to be interested. > The > >>>>>> higher the quality of the reqs, the quicker the code mighthappen. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Just an idea... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hen > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Bill Rising wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 9/18/02 14:19, Robert M. Klein wrote > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Just for giggles, here?s an email I just received: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Robert, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We have discontinued support for our Mac product line. ?If you > >>>>>>>> have > >>>>>>>> at least > >>>>>>>> one Windows PC in your office you can use Timeslips on that > >>>>>>>> computer > >>>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>> continue to use the Macs for data entry via our Timeslips > eCenter > >>>>>>>> service. > >>>>>>>> You can visit www.timeslipsecenter.com > >>>>>>>> <http://www.timeslipsecenter.com> > >>>>>>>> for more information on this service. ?I do not know of any > other > >>>>>>>> time and > >>>>>>>> billing software packages for the Mac. ? Please let me know if > you > >>>>>>>> have any > >>>>>>>> other questions. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> John Perry > >>>>>>>> Timeslips Sales Consultant > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I don?t have the thread in the group from a few months ago > about > >>>>>>>> time > >>>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>> billing programs for the Mac; it is essential that it be able > to > >>>>>>>> do > >>>>>>>> the same > >>>>>>>> tasks and import all of my Timeslips data (11 years worth!). > ?Any > >>>>>>>> suggestions? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>> Robert > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> You should tell them that if there are no other packages, they > >>>>>>> could > >>>>>>> have > >>>>>>> a monopoly. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Anyways, I checked out timeslips last fall and found it way more > >>>>>>> complex > >>>>>>> than any of the other timekeeping apps I'd ever used on the Mac, > >>>>>>> which > >>>>>>> are: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Multitimer Pro > >>>>>>> TimeSlice > >>>>>>> Project Timer > >>>>>>> Time Track X > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I don't know the state of Linux time-tracking software, but > perhaps > >>>>>>> there > >>>>>>> is something out there that could be ported to Mac OS X. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Bill > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be > >>>>>>> September > >>>>>>> 24 > >>>>>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar > of > >>>>>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be > >>>>>> September > >>>>>> 24 > >>>>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar > of > >>>>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be > September > >>>>> 24 > >>>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > >>>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be > September > >>>> 24 > >>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > >>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be > September > >>> 24 > >>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > >>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be > September 24 > >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > >> > >> > > > > > >The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September > 24 > >For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > >activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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