Re: Automator's 'watch me do' is broken

In article <1ifwuoi.1d8d86k1kxmq1fN%jamiekg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 jamiekg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1ifwpub.1hw3bbc87socaN%lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >  lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> > 
> > > It moves the mouse pointer and clicks on things I never did, yet the
> > > listed commands after recording my actions show the correct action!
> > > *headdesk* WTF?
> > 
> > Apple's actually letting people record UI scripting??  God what a 
> > horrible idea...
> > 
> > Can you show an example script?
> 
> Just record running software update from the Apple menu with the 'watch
> me do' action to see the trouble.

My god... What an amazingly BAD idea. Disregarding the fact that it's 
obviously broken, the whole point of AppleScript is to do things 
*without* having to click menus and buttons, and here Apple is showing 
people the wrong way to do things. What the **** is Apple thinking?

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