[ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
[ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
- Subject: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
- From: "M. Uli Kusterer" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:51:25 +0100
Hi,
I'm happy to announce Shovel, a "Software Update" clone for third parties.
Shovel scans the user's hard disk for non-Apple applications and
then checks for new versions of these applications, and optionally
downloads the updates and installs them.
This works by using the MacPAD file format: Developers upload a
MacPAD file (a .plist file) to their web server, and put a file named
"MacPAD.url" that contains the URL of that file in their
application's "Resources" folder.
MacPAD files can also be used for submitting your application to
<
http://www.macshareware.net>. For more information on MacPAD, see
<
http://www.macshareware.net/sdk.html>.
To get Shovel and try it out, point your browser at:
<
http://www.zathras.de/programming/my_applications.php>
Note that this is a preview version of Shovel to solicit feedback
from developers and to encourage developers to adopt MacPAD as a
standard. Let me know your thoughts!
--
Cheers,
M. Uli Kusterer
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"The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..."
http://www.zathras.de
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