On 21 March 2013 21:09, Chris Muller <asquea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> windows and linux users (specially newcomers) where having bad
>>>> reaction with the structure that the one-click enforces.
>>>
>>>      I'm interested in the details. Are they documented somewhere, or
>>> can you enumerate here?
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5395496 describes one newbie's
>> first impressions of the all-in-one approach.
>
> Hmm, I've got to wonder whether, if it had actually _worked_ the first
> time for him, whether he'd have written those negative comments at
> all.  I mean, at first he actually wrote:
>
>   "I was excited to get started, so I figured I could download the
> "one-click" for version 1.4 and get started right away."
>
> At that point, he had no problems with the _idea_ of one-click.  It
> later seemed it was only the implementation he didn't like.
>
> I'm interested in the topic of app-accessibility, and that's why I'm
> really parsing his words and trying to understand.  Since he also
> wrote:
>
>   "...and it definitely doesn't show that the developers know how to
> properly distribute their software for multiple platforms..."
>
> I wish he'd have enlightened us all, WHAT is the the way to properly
> distribute one's software for multiple platforms besides the browser..
>

i can tell you how:
 - we should distribute an xml file, with .jnlp extension :)

(of course, you will need java run time already installed on your
platform, but who cannot install it?
it is just a couple of clicks on java.com site ;)

-- 
Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.

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