![]() I've written about services in NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP ( here) and some of the resources NeXT bundled with NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP ( here). This meant that developers wouldn't need to reinvent the wheel to have these features as part of their application. The user could then pick and choose what features they needed and put together the software on their system.Īdditionally, features that are needed in a number of applications (like spell checking) would be made part of the operating system and shared with all apps that needed those features. Then other developers who were good at other features would make other applications or services that would be shared with the first application. What was originally envisioned was that one developer who was very good at one set of features would make an application. The idea was that no app should have to stand alone and some basic functions shouldn't need to be duplicated in a number of apps. Services date all the way back to the very first version of NEXTSTEP. I'm going to break this down into three areas: Services (in the Services menu), Input Managers and System Services (and their additional services). ![]() So in preparation for the presentation on services I thought I'd put together this post and test it on you guys (don't you feel lucky ). After the presentation I was asked if I could give a presentation at the Mac OS X SIG on Services as I had pointed out a number of services that I use in conjunction with some apps. Earlier this week I gave a presentation at the mini'app'les Main Mac SIG on Web design solutions for Mac OS X (sort of a broad overview, but mainly aimed at beginners).
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