Re: Can I refer to files outside of a .pax archive?
Re: Can I refer to files outside of a .pax archive?
- Subject: Re: Can I refer to files outside of a .pax archive?
- From: Stéphane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:12:39 +0200
On jeudi, juin 29, 2006, at 11:30 PM, Rick Sustek wrote:
For the simple drag install, I definitely like the popular convention
of placing an alias to the /Applications folder right next to the icon
of the app itself, and indicating that the user should just drag it
over.
Some reasons why this technique is a potential source of problems even
when it seems just brilliant:
1. Permissions issue to drop the file(s)
One needs to be user with Admin privileges to do this (unless the
permissions have been blown away by previous installations, which is
not an uncommon situation in Mac OS X).
So users with no admin accounts will try to drag and drop the file(s)
and it won't work. Yet they were instructed to do that.
2. Permissions are blown up if an admin user do this
The owner of the dropped files become the admin user who dropped the
file not root as it should be.
It might not be an issue but next time someone runs a Repair
Permissions after installing an OS update (as if the problem was not
there before the update), he may see that the permissions were
incorrect and doesn't remember he just drag and dropped the file.
3. An alias speaks only one language
It might be nice to have an alias of the Applications folder but
Applications is not spelled "Applications" in Japanese. So one's
potential Japanese customers will wonder what Applications is supposed
to mean.
4. Window Background pictures are not localizable
Let's omit the fact that Finder Window Background pictures set on Mac
OS X 10.2 and later are not visible on Mac OS X 10.1.
If they are not localizable, then it means you need to make one version
for each language you're supporting so that the instructions do not
turn into an enigma. The QA team (just in case you're not the QA team
too) will thank you for adding more testing cases. Advantage: it solves
Point 3.
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Based on the different applications installed by drag and drop from a
disk image I've seen:
Points 3 and 4: Never taken into account. The application is touted to
include a bunch of localization, but the installation procedure is not
localized itself.
Point 2: Nobody ever cares.
Point 1: Nobody ever cares. Any OS X user is an admin user, right?
My €0.02
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