At 14:55 -0600 04/01/2002, Kyle Smeby wrote:
>> AutoRun is a *terrible* thing to do to innocent users. Just give 'em
>> an index document and tell 'em to open that.
>
>Have to say I agree (I hate autoruns), but all my clients demand an autorun,
>and it seems the average PC user doesn't even know how to open a CD once
>they put it in the CD-ROM drive.
That's why one includes instructions:
1. Insert the CD.
2. Locate the "My computer" icon. Double-click to open it.
3. Locate the CD-ROM icon. Double-click to open it.
4. Locate the program. Double-click to run it.
You only have to tell users once, and you don't have to risk crashing
the machine. When I present it to clients like this they *always*
agree this is a better scheme than an autorun.
Clients, Windows, and autorun are *not* forces of nature. They *can
be* resisted, if you try.
>I differentiate between Mac users and PC users here because as we all know
>on a Mac the CD icon pops up on the desktop where the user has a hard time
>missing it and you can arrange the icons so they know which one to click.
>Not a platform slam or anything just how the systems work.
I differentiate between Mac users and PC users because Mac users are
intelligent and know how to run a program off a CD.
And that *is* a platform slam. (Or is it a user slam? ;)
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