I created two YouTube clips during the past few hours that show the ZIP-based and Mac Installer-based approaches to installing Apache NetBeans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-7aa2hYgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gdC7BBtbs Each takes less than 5 minutes, comments welcome. Gj On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
