Re: Best Design Advice

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Idou
items (although asking the user is polite), and connecting to your web site. From: David Blanton aired...@tularosa.net To: cocoa-dev List cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Sent: Sunday, 15 November, 2009 4:21:31 AM Subject: Best Design Advice I need to create an app

Best Design Advice

2009-09-27 Thread David Blanton
I need to create an app the is auto downloaded and installed from a web site when the user clicks a web page button. The app needs to be installed so that it always runs when the user logs in. The app needs to periodically (by user preference setting) connect to a web server. The app

Re: Best Design Advice

2009-09-27 Thread Jens Alfke
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;

Re: Best Design Advice

2009-09-27 Thread David Blanton
Jens - I am not sure from your response how the app will run when the user logs in. Should not the app be installed in a particular location so that it starts when the user logs in? And, does this not imply that the user should not have the option of specifying where the app is

Re: Best Design Advice

2009-09-27 Thread Volker in Lists
Hi, Am 14.11.2009 um 22:25 schrieb David Blanton: Should not the app be installed in a particular location so that it starts when the user logs in? You can add any app, located at any location (nearly at any) to the Startup Items of a user and the app gets started. No need to be in a

Re: Best Design Advice

2009-09-27 Thread Colin Howarth
On 14 Nov, 2009, at 22:25, David Blanton wrote: Jens - I am not sure from your response how the app will run when the user logs in. Should not the app be installed in a particular location so that it starts when the user logs in? And, does this not imply that the user should not have