Re: Deploying Cocoa Applications
Re: Deploying Cocoa Applications
- Subject: Re: Deploying Cocoa Applications
- From: Travis Siegel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:18:38 -0400
I offer both, since I have users that like dmg images, and others
that (as you say) think they're too complex. I don't agree with
that, I find the extremely easy to use, and like the concept. I keep
my disk images that I download in a separate folder and backup that
dir regularly, to keep copies of all software installed on the
system. Makes recovering system configuration easier, w/o having to
backup all the applications on the system. I also keep most programs
in my home applications directory, unless it's something that is used
a lot or one I've replaced an apple prog with, then I put it in the
system applications dir. But, overall, most folks I know really like
the dmg concept after they get used to it. It seems to be the new
users that are having trouble, and for them I have zip files, but by
far, according to my logs, the dmg files are downloaded a *lot* more
often than the zip files are.
On Jun 17, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Uli Kusterer wrote:
Am 17.06.2006 um 15:33 schrieb John Stiles:
I kind of agree with this, to a certain degree, but DMGs are
really the standard here. Users will have to learn about this
concept fairly quickly if they ever plan on downloading software.
Well, the same argument could have been made about the command
line a couple years ago. I personally prefer giving my users the
best user experience possible, and DMGs aren't it. I also saw it in
support calls that a ZIP archive generally is the better use. You
don't have to tell them to copy the application from the image
before running it. You only tell them "double click the archive and
it will extract the application out of it, then put the application
wherever you like." You can't have such an easy description for a
disk image.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de
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