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Re: My app breaks when moved while running
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Re: My app breaks when moved while running


  • Subject: Re: My app breaks when moved while running
  • From: Phil <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:06:44 -0500

On Feb 8, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Sean McBride wrote:

On 2/7/08 3:31 PM, Phil said:

It seems like it would be a significant amount
of effort, both in the Apple frameworks and for app developers, to
keep a non-trivial application functioning properly to being moved/
renamed while running vs. what percentage of users would ever attempt
to do this even once.

You're thinking like a programmer. What percentage of users would even
consider that moving a running app could be a problem? Why should it
be? Many users don't even understand the whole idea of the file system
hierarchy, let alone such subtleties.

Actually I was thinking about it from a user, customer support, and business standpoint. When I think about scenarios I've dealt with on my own or in supporting others and this scenario has never come up. Granted, there are a great many things that users aren't aware of (nor should they need to be) and I was making the point that it seemed like a lot of work for a relatively small payback. I just checked several apps from Apple and 3rd parties and none that I tried works correctly in this scenario. Anyway, Sanford has users reporting this problem and he's trying to find a solution which makes perfect sense to me.


Thanks,
Phil
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