Re: Best Design Advice
Re: Best Design Advice
- Subject: Re: Best Design Advice
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:38:00 -0700
On Nov 14, 2009, at 9:21 AM, David Blanton wrote:
I need to create an app the is auto downloaded and installed from a
web site when the user clicks a web page button.
It can be downloaded when the user clicks a button, but of course it
can't automatically run or be installed that way; that would be a
security issue. The user needs to explicitly open the app after it's
downloaded.
1. Where should the app be installed.
Wherever the user wants. You shouldn't need an installer for this,
just package the app as a .zip or .dmg file.
2. Are there any permission issues.
No. But setting your app to launch at login without the user's consent
would be a bad idea, unless of course you're writing malware ;).
Please either put up an alert asking the user on first launch, or make
it a checkbox in the prefs.
3. Is this a background service or status like item.
Only if you want it to be. Is there any UI? (If not, how does the user
configure it or turn it off?)
Should it have a dock item? If not, how does the user access its UI?
4. Is it's periodic web connect fired by a timer or some other means.
Probably an NSTimer.
—Jens_______________________________________________
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