Re: More - Safari Download Security Alerts
Re: More - Safari Download Security Alerts
- Subject: Re: More - Safari Download Security Alerts
- From: Dave <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:54:08 +0000
On 17 Dec 2008, at 20:17, Kyle Sluder wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Dave <email@hidden> wrote:
So I can now ship both and let them decide which they want. I
reckon they
will go for the AppleScript version, it's so much easier and
quicker. I just
timed it, from opening the Script to the app launching is about 10
seconds.
By the time the user has opened the package and clicked a few
buttons, it's
going to be about a minute using PM I reckon, not a lot in it, but
the AS
version just flow better IMO.
One of the best things about the Mac platform is that developers
typically care enough about their users to invest the time in making
decisions on their behalf in order to improve the user experience.
Windows developers, and Linux developers in particular, seem petrified
of making decisions, instead opting to make everything configurable.
I call this "Gentoo syndrome" because Gentoo is the Linux distro I
think is most plagued by this problem.
Not sure what you mean, I don't on Linux, just Mac and Windoze.
In other words, don't be afraid to decide. As a sysadmin, by not
providing an Installer package, I can't incorporate your software into
a NetInstall image. This means I won't install your software. Now
that you have an Installer package, there's little reason to keep the
AppleScript version around. Don't be afraid to make that decision.
--Kyle Sluder
Hi Kyle,
I have provided a installer package as well as making the AppleScript
version work. It's not my decision to make which one is finally used,
I'll do whatever the powers that be decide they want.
You probably wouldn't want this software as a Net Install anyway, I
wish I could say more as to why, but I can't.
One of the things (for me as a developer) that makes me rather have
the AppleScript version, is that I have automated the AppleScript and
image file generation. Unfortunately I don't think I'd be able to do
the same with PackageMaker. Also if I do an update of the base
software (the components that are installed) PackageMaker doesn't
seem to notice this. For instance, I make a .pkg file, then added a
folder to the input files, when I re-opened the project, the new
folder (and it's contents) were not visible in the PM content pane. I
will look into this more tomorrow, I'm done for the day now after 13
hours!
Thanks for your help, it is really appreciated.
All the Best
Dave
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