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RE: RE: Mac Users ?
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Originally posted by JustJonno

Secondly..
With OSX Snow Leopard the application interaction is greatly improved but on multiple layers within the system based upon the settings of the application itself. E.g: you can pull an itunes song into ANY program by calling the itunes library class within the host program and without iTunes having to be open or running.
So yes, you could do exactly what plus does on windows with the mac provided its running at least leopard OS.

Incorrect.

OS X (and previous versions) have had a API so programs can interact with the operating system. This of course make it (almost) possible to write (or port) every Windows program to OS X.

The problem is not the OS in itself but the API provided by Microsoft Messenger for Mac. I am not sure of the latest beta version but it has always been VERY weak with few capabilities. This is the reason it is harder (not impossible) to write a addon for Microsoft Messenger for Mac than Windows Live Messenger.

The only two current possible ways to do a addon on for OS X that resembles Plus! is:
1: Get Patchou his Apple PC :P
2: Make a open source project where the goal is to resemble from scratch Plus! This second one also has the possibility ability to be ported to *unix and to different third party clients. But if you start the project right now, keep waiting because something like that is going to take some time.
10-01-2010 02:13 AM
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Mac Users ? - by ryanayr on 12-17-2006 at 04:37 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Kenji on 12-17-2006 at 04:43 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by albert on 12-17-2006 at 04:49 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Zahid™ on 12-17-2006 at 06:43 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Hank on 12-28-2006 at 07:55 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Pantalaimon on 12-30-2006 at 04:42 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by ryxdp on 01-01-2007 at 09:13 AM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by Val on 01-01-2007 at 04:54 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by ryxdp on 01-02-2007 at 04:55 AM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by Phillip on 11-29-2007 at 02:13 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by manelle on 11-29-2007 at 02:02 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by aNILEator on 11-29-2007 at 03:29 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Patchou on 11-29-2007 at 07:03 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by aNILEator on 11-29-2007 at 07:19 PM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by Patchou on 11-30-2007 at 03:47 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by tony on 11-29-2007 at 07:38 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Svip on 11-29-2007 at 07:51 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by MeEtc on 11-29-2007 at 09:11 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by -dt- on 11-30-2007 at 03:28 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by TReKiE on 11-30-2007 at 04:07 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Val on 11-30-2007 at 04:21 AM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by TReKiE on 11-30-2007 at 04:29 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Dane on 11-30-2007 at 04:54 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Patchou on 11-30-2007 at 05:21 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Dane on 11-30-2007 at 05:30 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by riahc4 on 12-03-2007 at 11:45 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Menthix on 12-03-2007 at 02:16 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by riahc4 on 12-05-2007 at 08:40 PM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by vikke on 12-05-2007 at 09:00 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by vid_88 on 12-10-2007 at 01:49 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Adeptus on 12-10-2007 at 02:31 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by danielapva on 01-14-2009 at 04:01 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by prashker on 01-14-2009 at 04:04 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by blessedguy on 01-14-2009 at 02:40 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by riahc4 on 01-31-2009 at 11:50 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Nathan on 02-01-2009 at 01:14 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by riahc4 on 02-01-2009 at 01:47 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by janlukaz on 02-01-2009 at 02:44 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Menthix on 02-01-2009 at 03:05 AM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by Patchou on 02-01-2009 at 03:58 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by Th3rmal on 02-01-2009 at 04:11 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by riahc4 on 02-02-2009 at 07:01 PM
RE: Mac Users ? - by JustJonno on 09-15-2010 at 12:25 AM
RE: RE: Mac Users ? - by riahc4 on 10-01-2010 at 02:13 AM
RE: Mac Users ? - by ShawnZ on 09-15-2010 at 09:10 AM


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