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Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder

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Re: Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder

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Post by jacurtis »

I don't have much to say, because I am at a loss for words. I like to think of myself as an "out of the box" thinker, but if someone had asked me if this was possible before reading this, I would have said it isn't.

I absolutely love seeing projects that people put together on a weekend just to challenge themselves and see if something is possible. This is an amazing feat, thoroughly enjoyed the write up.

Kudos to the author.

Re: Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder

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Post by nxobject »

TFA's spirit of bringing little games everywhere they can brings me so much joy. It reminds me of the old Fortune Teller fish taskbar widgets you could get in earlier GNOMEs.

(On an entirely unrelated note, the capitalization "MacOS Finder" made me think first that this was an extension for MacOS 8 or 9, but this is a lot more delightful...)

Re: Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder

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Post by zoky »

Have you considered using py-appscript to trigger AppleScript events natively from Python?

https://github.com/hhas/appscript/tree/master/py-appscript

I’ve only ever used the Ruby version of Appscript to be honest, but if the Python version works the same way it would seem to be ideal and would obviate the need for AppleScript entirely.

Re: Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder

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Post by 90-00-09 »

dylan604 wrote: post #13

“this is an image; i have no idea how to embed a tweet anymore” I actually much prefer this.

Agreed! After blocking Twitter I either see nothing where an embed is supposed to be, or only see emojis rendered in the middle of an otherwise blank area.

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Post by kccqzy »

I wonder if OP can solve the AppleScript startup speed problem by rewriting it in… JavaScript? For half a decade now the underlying framework and the command-line tool (osascript) support AppleScript and JavaScript equally well. In JS there are simply a lot of things in the $ object.

Re: Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder

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Post by eieio »

zoky wrote: post #17

Have you considered using py-appscript to trigger AppleScript events natively from Python? https://github.com/hhas/appscript/tree/master/py-appscript I’ve only ever used the Ruby version of Appscript to be honest, but if the Python version works the same way it would seem to be ideal and would obviate the need for AppleScript entirely.

Oh my goodness I didn’t even think to check if something like this existed! I will certainly check it out (although I do get a bit of delight from the core loop being AppleScript)
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