Adam Posted February 20, 2009 Report Posted February 20, 2009 Macro Express is very good for many things. However, intuitive web application interaction is not one of them. As I continue teaching M/E to others here at Save the Children, the web application functionality gap is making our macros more complex, brittle, lengthy, and maintenance intensive. We use a lot of web apps, and I don't want our staff to feel overwhelmed trying to use M/E. To prevent it becoming a large issue, I've considered blending Macro Express and JavaScript in an in-house web apps extension library. The more I think about it though, a hybrid web apps library seems like it would help all Macro Express users (increasingly so as web apps continue to proliferate). Building something in-house would help only us. What would y'all think about collaboratively creating a web interaction macro library for everyone's benefit? A few macro ideas: An intuitive and robust cross-browser "wait for web page" macro... Focus ID [%foo%] Click to capture a DOM element and save it to [%bar%] Focus element [%bar%] Get text of element [%bar%] Click element [%bar%] Click [n] element in class[%baz%] Get the values of all checked checkboxes on a page Etc... Cheers! Adam Quote
kevin Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 We welcome the idea of creating add-on function libraries for Macro Express Pro. We are even contemplating creating some ourselves. The name 'Macro Express' is a registered trademark of Insight Software Solutions, Inc. Use of this name in another product requires permission. We recently received a request to use 'Macro Express' as part of a product with a name eerily similar to the one you propose. After careful consideration we suggested that the party choose a different name that does not infringe on our registered trademark. We think it would be a great idea to have users create libraries for Macro Express Pro. However, we request that you choose a different name. We invite anyone interested in developing add-on libraries for Macro Express Pro, either as Open Source or as a product for sale, to contact us for questions and advice. Quote
Adam Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Posted February 21, 2009 Kevin, Thank you. I hadn't really chosen a name yet. I'll keep that in mind. If the libraries are built for Macro Express Pro, I assume it's okay to use the name in a description of what it is? For example: "RandomName - A library of extension macros for Macro Express Protm." We welcome the idea of creating add-on function libraries for Macro Express Pro. We are even contemplating creating some ourselves. The name 'Macro Express' is a registered trademark of Insight Software Solutions, Inc. Use of this name in another product requires permission. We recently received a request to use 'Macro Express' as part of a product with a name eerily similar to the one you propose. After careful consideration we suggested that the party choose a different name that does not infringe on our registered trademark. We think it would be a great idea to have users create libraries for Macro Express Pro. However, we request that you choose a different name. We invite anyone interested in developing add-on libraries for Macro Express Pro, either as Open Source or as a product for sale, to contact us for questions and advice. Quote
kevin Posted February 23, 2009 Report Posted February 23, 2009 If the libraries are built for Macro Express Pro, I assume it's okay to use the name in a description of what it is?For example: "RandomName - A library of extension macros for Macro Express Protm." Yes, but it would look like this: "RandomName - A library of extension macros for Macro Express® Pro." Quote
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