Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
Like Automator , Fake(Mac App Store contact ) gives AppleScript ’s herculean tools a drug user - friendly graphical port . But where Automator control the workings of Mac OS X , Fake lets you script just about anything you do on the vane .
At first glance , Fake looks like a fairly simple WebKit - base web browser app , with tabs containing in writing preview of each page . From a float pane , you’re able to dredge and set down into a space on the correct - hand side of the Fake windowpane , creating a custom work flow to handle various online chore .
Less than 10 proceedings after first launching the programme , I ’d progress a simple workflow to run through a specified number of photos in my Flickr library , download each image at its original size of it , then move to the next . By holding down the Control Francis Scott Key and dragging from workflow actions such as Click HTML Link , I could almost as if by magic connect them to specific items on the Web page . Fake was smart enough to recognize where in the overall HTML framework of the page each element resided ; it never lost lead of them , even when proceed from page to pageboy .
beginner can easily assemble tasks like this , or workflow to fill out tedious on-line soma . For power user , Fake can do even more to try online applications , let in executing user - specified JavaScript code , calling outside AppleScripts , and working through if / else / then statements . The programme ’s software documentation plow everything you need to get started , but to dominate these advanced component , you ’ll involve your own programing knowhow . Fake workflows can be saved and reopen , but as yet , there ’s no elbow room to export them as AppleScripts .
At nearly $ 30 , Fake may be a trivial pricey for everyday users , unless boring , wrist joint - numb tasks make up the mass of your Web surfing . But its canny musical theme and smooth execution definitely make Fake a great , metre - saving investment for serious Web software engineer .
[ Nathan Alderman is an extremely lazy author and copy editor in Alexandria , Va. ]
