It's just different schools of thought. Some mac users don't want to learn the terminal nor scripting as it is quite a complicated albeit powerful tool, while those who do have a comprehensive set of skills in unix and have delved into appplescript can actually find their ways into making their macs pretty unique in the way they use it. I can speak for those in IT as a lot of tasks are repetitive, involve many terminal commands, and those scripts are a real time saver.
I'm in the latter school, and sometimes i need to tone myself down when i have a discussion with mates over beer and the subject of voice over, jaws etc, but most importantly the use of the computer hits the table. I get amazed by how some just don't google stuff they wish to know, or at least don't make it a form of extension of themselves. But i know that they will get to it one day, i just won't push them to. In the meantime, i prefer customizing my experience with a gesture and peter infovox telling me what temperature it is, nothing else. Just like the time script i wrote in my early days of scripting. Cheers On 12/09/2011, at 12:14 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
