Tiemo Hollmann wrote: >> > Richard Gaskin wrote: >> With a DMG the user has to figure out why they have a new volume on >> their Mac desktop (you'd be surprised by how many users find DMGs >> confusing (see the links at the bottom of >> <http://revjournal.com/blog.irv?pid=1261255254.58153>). > > Hi Richard, > beeing for a long time only a windows user and developer I totally > agree to your arcticle that DMGs can be very confusing. Since I had > no experience with Mac, when I started to develop my latest product > also for Mac, I asked here on this list how to make an installer for > Mac, and everybody taught me, that I don't need an installer, Mac > users are used to use DMGs and that’s so easy. So I followed the > advice and thought, hmm, ok probably it's my old fashioned and not > state of the art windows thinking, that I (and some of my customers > too) still feel confused and not intuitively guided to my App. But > just the intuitive operating should be the strength of the Mac, > shouldn't it be?
DMGs are great for many things, but I think for installs they've become as overused as XML is for so many tasks it isn't the best choice for.
A lot of these things are driven by fashion, the "cool factor" that people see and say, "Hey, I want to do that too!". Apple's been telling us to "Think Different" for so long that we no longer notice that the phrase itself is grammatically incorrect. ;)
While I haven't yet come across any formal usability studies on using disk images as installers (if anyone here finds one please pass it along), my own anecdotal evidence suggests that they're a good fit mainly for more experienced Mac users, but for the reasons noted in the links at that blog entry tend to confuse many others.
> I would like to have an easy installer on Mac, like InnoSetup on Win. > My 2 Win cents With 80+% of the market, 2 Win cents = a Mac dollar. :) Have you tried Monte Goulding's install tool?: http://www.sweattechnologies.com/InstallGadget/ -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
