On 2012-06-11 10:17 AM, Andre Fischer wrote:
On 11.06.2012 16:51, O.Felka wrote:
Am 11.06.2012 16:37, schrieb Andre Fischer:
On 11.06.2012 15:53, O.Felka wrote:
AFAICT, the unpacked files are only needed for installation, and
one
still has the initial download, so why clutter up the disk?
this is not true. The unpacked files are needed for the so called
'maintenance mode': Starting the setup from the control panel offers
you
a repair and a modify mode. That's what the unpacked files are
needed
for.
What we might delete is the packed file.
But do we really need the maintenance mode? There are not that many
applications on my system that offer one. We are talking about
130 MB
of additional disk space.
As long as we don't install the complete office we need the
maintenance
mode.
Applications that don't offer several modules as AOO does don't need a
'Modify' mode.
If we want to offer to install e.g. only the Calc application we need
the maintenance mode for these users that wants to use the Writer to a
later time also.
The 'Repair' option is also a part of the maintenance mode.
The question is whether there are more people annoyed by a folder on
their desktop that contains files that hardly ever used or users that
install only a part of the application then change their mind later.
As we don't have any information it would end up in wild guessing.
comparing these two user groups is meaningless at this point.
No not meaningless, just not easily possible.
As we started with the self extracting installer we've had to decide
where to place the unpacked files. The desktop is the place where you
can't oversee them.
That is one thing I still don't understand. Why is it important that
the user has to find these files. The installation starts
automatically after the downloaded archive has been extracted.
It should do, but with Win 7 Pro & Chrome, it did not.
PB
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A repair or change is triggered via a system dialog. What is the use
case in which the user has to click on any of the downloaded files
directly?
Every user has option to unpack these file at a different location.
We still need a better default.
As have written before, it's an option to delete the unpacked file to
save disk space. The unpacked files can be used easier to
distribute the
AOO without downloading.
In times of hard disks with TB size saving 130 MB is not so important
for me.
Maybe not for you.
As I have written.
In another issue regarding extensions installed in the user directory
you where not so forgiving about disk space.
-Andre
