My understanding is that there is a fundamental structural difference between the installation methods. Firefox uses the DMG method, which means that everything that is installed is all installed into one folder. This is the preferred method, because that means you aren't spraying files all over the users computer. The MPKG method you are using is necessary if you are modifying files outside your one little folder. I found a thread talking about this here: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?design.4.299374.16 It sounds the concensus on that thread is that it is really worth trying to confine all of the installation into one folder, for two reasons. One is the part that you like, which is the slick installation procedure from the perspective of the user. The second is that it seems that programmers consider that it makes your program more "polite", staying in it's own folder, reducing the risk of stomping on other things that other programs might be relying on.
My perception as a Mac user has always been that I am very happy when an installation is a DMG. I know that it will be easy, and usually really fast to install. Further information on DMG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dmg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34672 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
