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To me this is one of the great mysteries of computers: Why don't people use these features more? I have tons of Services that I use all day, for me they're one
by robenkleene 7y ago
To me this is one of the great mysteries of computers: Why don't people use these features more? I have tons of Services that I use all day, for me they're one of the most important features of the OS (archiving text, opening all selected URLs, and converting the selection to title case are some examples). Yet Services don't seem popular, why is that? People seem to customize their shells (e.g., write Bash scripts, make aliases, and customize their prompts), and even non-programmers seem to be able to accomplish complex automation in Excel, or with a tool like Zapier. So why don't people customize their OS similarly? I find the gains to be greater, because if I customize at the OS-level, my customizations are useful in any app, and forever, instead of being tied to a particular app or project.
- tanin 7y agoServices is hard to google. The term is overloaded. I think it's called (or was called at some point) "system-wide services". But official doc doesn't use this term. I was simply fortunate to stumble upon it. Initially, I was thinking about building Tip on clipboard (or pasteboard), which would have been inferior.