Re: Moving oneself to /Applications (or ~/Applications)
Re: Moving oneself to /Applications (or ~/Applications)
- Subject: Re: Moving oneself to /Applications (or ~/Applications)
- From: Benjamin Dobson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:36:05 +0000
On 23 Feb 2009, at 05:47:22, Adam Leonard wrote:
(If you want another opinion, I don't think what you are doing is a
bad idea. John Gruber made a point in a recent article (http://daringfireball.net/2009/02/untitled_document_syndrome
) that most users don't want to mess with the file system at all
anymore. For example, you don't have to worry about where iPhoto is
putting your photos, and the iPhone has no GUI file system access at
all. Also as Gruber notes, the vast majority of people who don't
like these features and want complete control of the file system are
programmers, i.e., the people on this list.)
This is partly why I like the idea Andreas suggested. Messing with the
filesystem is something users - including myself - rarely like doing.
The original example in that article was of the save dialog – a chore,
something people would avoid using.* Installer packages are less of a
chore, as you do not have to make arbitrary decisions. But they are
still annoying, as apart from anything else I want to be able to use
an application from the moment I've downloaded it. Andreas' idea gets
rid of almost all the work on the user's part while keeping the
filesystem tidy.
On a side note, Gruber's article shouldn't be taken to mean that all
apps should save work to an in-built "library". This would probably be
confusing in the case of word processors, for example.
*Many times when I am working on a document I press Command-S out of
habit, then seeing the Save dialog appear quickly press Escape._______________________________________________
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