True, it is a learning opportunity.  though to me it seems like a lot of work 
just to duplicate something that already exists on the Mac.  Just my $.02.
Cheers,
donna

On Sep 11, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Scott Howell wrote:

> What amazes me is that some missed the point of the script. Ricardo points 
> out that hitting f12 drops him on the weather widget  and that is just great; 
> however, not everyone has that particular item there at all times. iN fact I 
> tend to keep the calendar widget as the one with focus. The other point some 
> have missed here is the learning opportunity of how such scripts could be 
> very useful. Perhaps there are other ways to accomplish the same task, but 
> you need to look beyond this specific task and see it for what it is and that 
> is a learning opportunity. So, what more do "you people want?" Not much, but 
> a new experience in how something simple can be used for other tasks. Of 
> course if there is a way to use the applications available in the OS such as 
> curl that would be great since it means just one less thing to load.
> 
> On Sep 11, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> 
>> That was my question, too, Ricardo.  Then if you VO to the right and 
>> interact, you get a 6-day forecast.  What more do people want?
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
>> 
>> On Sep 11, 2011, at 2:36 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> You know what,
>>> 
>>> For me, when I press F12, the focus automatically falls on the temperature 
>>> and current weather condition in dash board.  Isn't that what people are 
>>> pretty much looking for?  Press 1 key and get your current weather?
>>> 
>>> Ricardo Walker
>>> [email protected]
>>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
>>> www.mobileaccess.org
>>> 
>>> On Sep 11, 2011, at 2:10 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Keith. That's pretty slick. I don't mind having MacPorts, either, 
>>>> as there are some things I wouldn't mind playing with in there, including 
>>>> the Lynx browser.
>>>> 
>>>> teresa
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