I've found that most Windows users not only expect to use an installer they are lost without one. The blank stares you get from a Windows user when you say, "Just copy the file and open it" are precious.
Bill Vlahos _________________ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > On 18/03/2010 18:18, Bill Vlahos wrote: >> Technically yes. But the install for most Mac applications is simply to drag >> copy the application itself or a folder to the desired location. This is >> usually the Applications folder but my program can run from a USB drive, the >> desktop, or any other area the user wants. >> > My Devawriter (Windows and Macintosh versions alike) can work from wherever > they are unzipped or > dragged - doesn't really matter. So far I have tried them on the desktops, on > a USB drive, on a USB external > hard drive, and (for Mac) on a Firewire external hard drive; have also run > the Windows version on my > headless Windows XP box while the program was sitting on an HFS+ volume on > the PPC Mac! > > This was NOT crafty programming on my part; this is just the way RunRev 4 > rolled up the stacks into > standalones. > > So . . . this whole discussion seems a bit unnecessary . . . :) > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
