Integration
Snow Leopard “Services” Support
PushDialer takes full advantage of the capabilities of Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” by embracing its Services architecture. This means that almost all Mac OS X applications are able to take advantage of PushDialer by right-clicking on a phone number within the application and simply selecting "Dial Number on iPhone".
Since not all applications support the services architecture completely (i.e. Microsoft and Adobe products) or override the context menu behaviors (i.e. Apple iWork), compatibility might vary between applications. See the grid below for a list of confirmed working instances of PushDialer by 3rd-party application.
Supported 3rd-Party Applications
The following table contains all of the known, verified 3rd party applications that work with PushDialer.
| Supported | Context Menu | Services Menu | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safari | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Leopard (10.5) Requires Bundled Extension |
| Spotlight | Coming Soon | |||
| Apple Mail | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Only supported in Snow Leopard (10.6) |
| Address Book | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| iCal | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TextEdit | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Preview | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Automator | ✔ | Create your own workflows with Automator | ||
| Pages | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Keynote | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Numbers | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| iChat | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Terminal | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Google Chrome | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Requires the bundled Google Chrome Extension (installed automatically) |
| Mozilla Firefox | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Requires the bundled Mozilla Firefox Extension (installed automatically) |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Requires the Mozilla Thunderbird Extension (must be installed manually) |
| Postbox | Coming Soon | |||
| Bento | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| FileMaker | ✔ | ✔ | Read our Integration Guide for FileMaker | |
| Things | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TextMate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Sparrow | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Microsoft Word | ✔ | ✔ | You must highlight the phone number and select "Dial Number on iPhone" from the Microsoft Word -> Services menu. | |
| Microsoft Excel | ✔ | ✔ | You must highlight the phone number and select "Dial Number on iPhone" from the Microsoft Excel -> Services menu. | |
| Microsoft Outlook | ✔ | ✔ | You must highlight the phone number and select "Dial Number on iPhone" from the Microsoft Outlook -> Services menu. | |
| LaunchBar | Coming Soon | |||
| QuickSilver | Coming Soon | |||
| Alfred | Coming Soon | |||
| Opera | Coming Soon |
Custom Integration with PushDialer
If you'd like to integrate your application or web site with PushDialer (such as an internal application or Intranet) you may choose from a couple of different solutions:
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Use the
pushdialer://custom URI scheme from your application, a web site or a document. - Using the Automator Action to create a custom workflow.
- Integrate directly with our API, the same API we use to provide support for our users.