Comment #2 on issue 677 by GrahamMcAllister: Desktop shortcut behaviour is
ridiculous on Mac
http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/detail?id=677
While it's true that some users may like the behaviour, it is still
not "standard" for Mac, and hence confusing or
non-intuitive for the rest of us Mac users. Please just put it into the
Applications folder, like all the other
applications written for Mac OS do. One of the great things about Mac OS
is that most developers respect the
"rules" and guidelines and most applications behave consistently, I'm not
sure why Google chose to behave
differently, I suspect it may be because Windows developers ported gears to
Mac and assumed that desktop
shortcuts are the way to go. Some gears applications (for example, Remember
the Milk and even Google
Calendar) actually even go so far as to RECREATE the annoying desktop
shortcut, even after it has been moved by
the user into the Applications folder... leaving you with two .apps for the
same application. Annoying!
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