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Non-Apple Sherlock 3 Channels?

Posted by Cliff on from the elementary-dear-watson dept.

AnamanFan queries: "I've been a bit curious about Sherlock 3 and the release of the Sherlock SDK. I wondered if there were any new channels out there, but my Googleing came up dry. There are a few nifty developer-related channels by Apple that feature an XPath Finder, as well as JavaScript, HTML, & XQuery interpreters, but I was wondering if anyone out there has made use of the SDK."

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  1. massinova by rajiv · · Score: 4, Informative

    massinova has a sherlock 3 channel. i believe it was the first non-apple sherlock 3 channel. it was created months ago when the first version of the sherlock 3 sdk was posted, before it was pulled. check out the massinova extras.

  2. Re:Just a thought... Slashdot channel! by capmilk · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's what we have Slashdock for.

  3. Canadian 411 Channel by kkthompson · · Score: 2, Informative
    There's at least one: Victor Ng's Canadian 411 channel

    There are lots of comments on his trials with the new SDK as well.

  4. I've got one by Victor+Ng · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can find my own Canada411 Sherlock channel with GPL source at:

    source:

    http://homepage.mac.com/vng1

    channel:

    sherlock://homepage.mac.com/vng1/Canada411/Sherl oc kChannel.xml?action=add

    I highly suggest you go to the Apple Sherlock dev mailing list. You can find it at lists.apple.com

  5. Google channel by zdryer · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, there is a Google channel. Not very good, but it works.

  6. Re:Just a thought... Slashdot channel! by Steve+Cowan · · Score: 4, Informative

    As much as Slashdock is cool, it doesn't give you the ability to search Slashdot.

  7. why kick ass: by Bizzarobot · · Score: 2, Informative

    I completely agree that your last statement about there being nothing obvious about what it is they do needs to be addressed better on the website. This is the concept: A huge library of trance music set up as an online radio station run by listener requests. Imagine the tunes are slashdot comments and what gets played are the ones that get modded up (there is no modding down, it's simple; you like a song, you request it). You can also create favorites lists and retreive information about artists, albums, songs, etc. The user rating system allows you to view most popular songs, least popular songs, recently played, newly added, random, etc. Check out the Sherlock channel and you can see a much better layout (and an idea of what is to come). The fact that the information and functionality is exactly the same regardless what client/interface you use ("web service") is what makes the whole project very interesting. Automated, listener-controlled, online radio.

  8. Another Sherlock 3 Channel by Mazzaroth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Have a look at dotmac's Sherlock Channel. It is very well done, as for the entire site by the way.

    And while you are there, go see my pictures... :-)

  9. Fedex Channel by coty · · Score: 3, Informative
    FWIW, I've hacked together a Fedex Channel for Sherlock 3. Even IMO, it pales by comparison to the Watson Packages plug-in. That said, Sherlock has the advantage of being built into MacOS X.

    I haven't done any Watson development, yet. (I'd like to give it a shot and compare it with Sherlock 3, when I get the time.) As noted above, Victor Ng has great notes on his experience with the SDK. As Victor notes, the most frustrating bit has to be the complete lack of feedback for even the simplest syntax errors. The developers of Watson have a brief, but informative comparison of the two SDKs, as well.