I'm a mac user, but have never like the .dmg approach. It is probably done with good intentions in mind, but makes a really simple thing (copying a directory) unnecessarily complicated. I'd rather see the most simple solution, accompanied by just as simple an explanation =) I came from Linux to Mac, but the beautiful backgrounds, arrows and symbolic links to the Applications folder didn't help me a bit. Just couldn't understand the install process... why? Because all the fancyness lead me away from what it actually is, i.e. copying a directory. -mats
On 14.7.2010, at 8.42, Benjamin Tolputt wrote: > Mats Holmberg wrote: >> Sadly many people still think of "installation" as being something mythical, >> even a bit frightening, no matter what the platform is. If we can counter >> that, great. +1 for an uncomplicated .zip approach! >> > > And on some platforms for some applications it is (mythical and > frightening). However, Blender doesn't need to install DRM drivers, has > it's own copy of Python tucked neatly away inside, and is installed by a > simple drag & drop operation on the Mac (on the Windows as well, but > we're not talking about that here). > > In fact, a good majority of the DMG installations I've had for Mac OSX > involve a window showing the application icon, the Applications > directory icon, and an arrow showing you to drag the former onto the > latter. It is simply the way things are done now on Mac OSX :) > > And this from a guy who isn't terribly fond of Apple :) > > -- > Regards, > > Benjamin Tolputt > Analyst Programmer > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers