Brad,
My company is also about to release a Java app on the same three
platforms. But we decided to have three different download options so that
the application is more platform like to install. So for OS X we
have a DMG, for windows we found a small installer that makes directories
and shortcuts and adds a link to the start menu, and for linux (and the
other platforms) we have a jar.
It does require that we build the DMG on OS X, but then since we test on
OS X also, its not an issue for us.
We took this route because our user tests demonstrated that most OS X and
windows users are not used to installing just a jar, and this gave
potential users the 'best initial experience' when they download our
application.
Larry
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Brad Johanson wrote:
| Hello,
|
| Our company distributes an application that is tri-platform, Windows,
| Mac OS X and Linux. The components are mostly in Java and we use ant
| to automate the packaging process since it will run on any of the
| platforms. Currently we build zip bundles with the appropriate files
| for the given platform, and usually do the build under Linux.
| [snip]
|
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