I haven't seen too many programs that have "portable" as a *default*, but certainly an option should be present. (This saddens me, as I think Microsoft really made a horrible decision making non-portable the ad-hoc standard, but I digress...) The option should be obvious and easily selected, of course.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks, but I'm afraid it would take more than just a poll to convince me, > as only the people who read this mailing list and feel strongly about this > issue will respond, which is only a small fraction of the users... > > Peter > > Citeren Twenty Ten <[email protected]>: > > Here's my draft poll. If nobody requests any changes, I'll set it up. >> >> *Does more than 1 person use Mnemosyne on your computer? >> >> >> The reason for this question is to figure out whether a default portable >> mode installation would make sense. That, however, would mean that only 1 >> person could use Mnemosyne per computer. On the other hand, a portable >> installation would make it very easy to copy your folder and take it with >> you on a USB stick, back it up, etc. >> >> Choice 1: Only 1 person uses Mnemosyne on my computer. >> Choice 2: More than 1 person uses Mnemosyne on my Computer.* >> >> >> On Friday, November 30, 2012 8:07:58 AM UTC+1, Twenty Ten wrote: >> >>> >>> OK, thanks. I think I'll go ahead and make a poll and see how the >>> majority >>> uses Mnemosyne. >>> >>> On Friday, November 23, 2012 8:12:31 AM UTC+1, Peter Bienstman wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> That would mean installing the user data in the Program folder, and >>>> would prevent using Mnemosyne by more than 1 user on a single >>>> computer... >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> On 11/22/2012 09:55 PM, Twenty Ten wrote: >>>> > Browsing the forum, I get the feeling that quite a few people use >>>> > Mnemosyne in portable mode. Would there be any reason not to have it >>>> > portable by default? >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users@** >> googlegroups.com <[email protected]>. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users+** >> [email protected]<mnemosyne-proj-users%[email protected]> >> . >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/mnemosyne-proj-users/-/**JV517GVxaZcJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mnemosyne-proj-users/-/JV517GVxaZcJ> >> . >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users+** > [email protected]<mnemosyne-proj-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
