On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 22:03, Will Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > > A DMG file is, effectively, a Mountable ZIP file. The "typical" Mac > Installation process is to open the DMG file, a window appears with the > Application bundle and a link to the Applications directory, and a big > arrow, essentially telling you to drag the App in to the Applications > folder. > > That's a "mac install". That's a "friendly" mac install. Digging stuff out > of zip files is not as "mac friendly". > > Tim's point of moving to an Installer to essentially "force" folks to > actually drag the app off of the DMG is interesting, and, honestly, not > surprising.
I'm glad you put "friendly" in quotation marks there! ;-) I understand technically what's going on. I'm trying to work out why anyone thinks that's user-friendly. By the time I read the need for Tim's workaround there my palm is getting seriously close to my face. Did you read the article I linked to earlier? I found that when deciding which approach to use for my own app bundle. And, while it might be less common, shipping app bundles in a zip is not completely unknown and you'll find quite a few people advocating for it. Still, the UI studies quoted from Firefox aside, they ship it in a DMG! i asked mainly because a zipped app bundle seems to be the easiest option to create here, without the can-be-run-from-dmg downside. I'm definitely happy sticking with zip for my own usage right now! However, not going to say any more on this as it's not my main platform. I would, mind you, love to ditch the installers on every platform! Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
