Comments on: OPENSTEP: The Prehistory of Mail.app plugins http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs shows off NeXTSTEP, NeXTMail http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-28517 Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs shows off NeXTSTEP, NeXTMail Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:39:24 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/#comment-28517 [...] After watching how far ahead of the pack NeXTMail was, you can read more about Mail in NeXTSTEP (Apple Mail: The Early Years) and about the origin of bundles, which live on in today’s Mail.app as plugins. [...] [...] After watching how far ahead of the pack NeXTMail was, you can read more about Mail in NeXTSTEP (Apple Mail: The Early Years) and about the origin of bundles, which live on in today’s Mail.app as plugins. [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-9322 Chris Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:02:21 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/#comment-9322 It's not that remarkable -- the internal structure of resource forks hasn't changed since 1984. :) But there were always new and/or different resources all along the way, and it's the same case here. The file formats have changed; for example: modern nib files have a different format several times removed. You could not use a NextStep 1.0 nib with current IB, but you might be able to use an OpenStep 4.0 nib. Maybe. It’s not that remarkable — the internal structure of resource forks hasn’t changed since 1984. :) But there were always new and/or different resources all along the way, and it’s the same case here. The file formats have changed; for example: modern nib files have a different format several times removed. You could not use a NextStep 1.0 nib with current IB, but you might be able to use an OpenStep 4.0 nib. Maybe.

]]> By: Tim http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-9264 Tim Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:10:30 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/#comment-9264 When I was rooting around in the bundles for screenshots for this post, I think I noticed the Colorizer and EnhanceMail did. Perhaps in bundles marked with an ".s."? It's amazing how similar the structure of the bundles if after almost ten years. Same internal structure, same elements, nib files, the lot. When I was rooting around in the bundles for screenshots for this post, I think I noticed the Colorizer and EnhanceMail did. Perhaps in bundles marked with an “.s.”?

It’s amazing how similar the structure of the bundles if after almost ten years. Same internal structure, same elements, nib files, the lot.

]]> By: Scott Morrison http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-9262 Scott Morrison Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:00:20 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/#comment-9262 You didn't take note of which ones did you? You didn’t take note of which ones did you?

]]> By: Chris http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-9257 Chris Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:13:45 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/#comment-9257 Some of the bundles do include source code. Read the ReadMes. Some of the bundles do include source code. Read the ReadMes.

]]> By: smorr http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-9247 smorr Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:52:46 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/12/openstep-the-prehistory-of-mailapp-plugins/#comment-9247 You can peruse the bundles and their read-mes at ftp://ftp.peak.org/pub/next-ftp/next/apps/mail/bundles/ You can even download the bundles but they won't work with Mail -- Pity there is no source code available... You can peruse the bundles and their read-mes at
ftp://ftp.peak.org/pub/next-ftp/next/apps/mail/bundles/

You can even download the bundles but they won’t work with Mail –
Pity there is no source code available…

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