On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 11:41:13AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> IF the smaller installer will automatically chain to the larger > >> installer when a suitable JVM isn't installed, then I would support > >> removing the link to the big one, although I still say it's a concession > >> to the moron party, since somebody might conceivably know that they > >> don't have a JVM, and want to save some time by downloading the big > >> installer straight off. > > And I completely agree. I am working to make the smaller installer > download and run the larger installer, but due to limitations in our > installer system (the free NSIS system), this is proving to be a pain in > the ass (unless the user is expected not to balk when entering the install > location, etc, all over again when the second installer is run) > > > How about the same 2 seperate installers, with links saying: > > "Download this if you do not have a JVM, or are not sure" > > "Download this if you KNOW you have a JVM" > > Sounds good, but then... > > > Just how much bigger does the JVM make the installer? > > ... yeah. The small installer is approx 50 something KB (and when the new > icons go in it will be nearer 100KB). The with-java installer is over > 15MB... > > There's one final alternative. The freenet installer could automatically > install and run Sun's JAVA Online Installer, which connects to SUN's > website to conditionally download the JVM. We would have one > moderately-sizer installer (I guess about 400KB). It's almost ideal, > unless the users are expected to balk at the idea of our installer running > a downloader than talks to Sun's servers. > > If this is preceived as a Good Idea then I'll do it as soon as I can. But > in the meantime, until I figure how to work around the NSIS problems, the > current situation really is the best we can offer.
It is a good idea IMHO. > > d -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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