Re: [OT] Software Delivery (was Re: Why do "loose" nibs take precedence over nibs in .lproj?)
Re: [OT] Software Delivery (was Re: Why do "loose" nibs take precedence over nibs in .lproj?)
- Subject: Re: [OT] Software Delivery (was Re: Why do "loose" nibs take precedence over nibs in .lproj?)
- From: Jeremy Dronfield <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:39:53 +0000
On 22 Jan 2005, at 12:00 pm, Charlton Wilbur wrote:
On Jan 22, 2005, at 6:16 AM, Jeremy Dronfield wrote:
Also, I never install anything that comes with an installer, unless
it comes from Apple or some other supplier I know and trust.
This is something I'm thinking about right now. My current project is
likely to have *lots* of user-created files and plugins, by design.
The application is likely to ship with at least three plugins when
it's released, with a half-dozen more becoming available for
registered software. Installing files in different locations is
exactly what an installer is designed for, but it causes justifiable
concern. Is it reasonable to expect a novice user to be able to
create a folder in a specified place (in this case, either
/Library/Application Support/App Name or ~/Library/Application
Support/App Name)? How savvy is the average Mac user (or at least the
average Mac user who's downloading shareware) about this sort of
thing?
Plenty of applications create Application Support folders without using
an installer or relying on the user. Your app can do this the first
time it runs. In my experience, even the dumbest user is capable of
locating a specified folder and putting things in it. Also, I'd guess
that most users expect to download and install plugins manually.
Regards,
-Jeremy
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