An Experiment in Bloggery

I just learned a nifty new thing today, thanks to MacOSXHints. In Panther, the AddressBook supports plugins that can be written with C, Obj-C, or AppleScript. Inspired by the example plugin, I created an AppleScript plugin that lets you display maps using Maporama instead of MapQuest. Simply click here to open the script in Script Editor, then save it to your ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins folder. Next time you start up AddressBook, if you click on the header for an address in a card (or control-click on the address), you can choose to display the map using Maporama.

I also fooled around and did the same thing using a Cocoa bundle, but it’s easier to provide the AppleScript rather than uploading the bundle.

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