Sikuli can automate any UI by taking screenshots

Look interesting. I'd be shocked if it was as feature rich as other similar products like QuicKeys or Eggplant. Definitely worth a test drive. Thanks for the heads up.

I think it is still evolving and will take time before it can become very fast.
I too have compiled an article bringing together all available tutorials and videos.

http://technoticles.com/2010/01/23/sikuli-the-graphical-scripting-language-from-mit/

this thing is PERFECT! exactly what I've been looking for! Thanks TUAW. I saw this on LH, but didn't realize it's full potential. Thanks for showing the demo vid.

I finally figured out how to use iAlertU and Proximity to setup security on my OSX netbook. iAlertU doesn't have a library of APIs accessible for scripting, so this visual scripting is what I needed to make it all work.

Now, when I leave the proximity of my netbook in a coffee shop, Proximity activates the 'outofrange' script, which has a 'do shell script "open ~/Dropbox/scripts/sikuli_iAlertU.skl" ', which is an executable created in Sikuli.
The Sikuli executable was easily coded using Sikuli and showing iAlertU in the top menu bar for easy clicking.

The whole process arms iAlertU within ~5 seconds. When I come back, Proximity runs 'inrange' script, which has a simple 'keystroke "password" ' script. Not the best security, but given iAlertU's effectiveness for drawing attention, no one would dare take my netbook without drawing lots of attention.

I'm reworking my inrange script to access the keychain so as not to explicitly type it into a script, but this is for another time.

Thanks guys :)

A Tedious work that can be done by changing/creating your location, In less steps.

Apart from that, interesting. I can see more people using this easy tool to automate other tedious tasks knowing only how to use the UI.

it looks like it takes a while to find the button from the demo… idk if lll use this or not..

I tried this. I promise, it works amazingly, except it can get a little slow.

I had to use a product like that before, called Citratest. I will consider using Sikuli instead, because the support cost of citratest is really high...

Wakka,

This is different because there doesn't have to be any hooks in the app for it to work. AppleScript/Automator can work only with what a developer allows. There's a "Macslut's Law" that says anything you want a script to do the developer of the app has not enabled.

This overcomes this problem. If this app sees a button and you tell it to push it, it will regardless of whether or not a developer has enabled that as an action. Sikuli just needs to see it happen.

I tried many times to make a macro/script in automator to delete my call logs in skype and again in adium - with one click. It wouldnt work. I lost interest.
Might try this but if it gives me a headache too, I'll just delete them manually.

How is this any different from recording a macro in Automator?