In response to a question from Dom, Alex Rice wrote:
-- a standalone but the size will be very large, sometimes for a simple utility (I don't like real basic apps for this very reason ;->)
* as for the runtime, can I redirect visitors to Revolution web site, or ??
A 2 MB standalone will compress down to < 1MB. A lot of users won't even try software that requires a player or runtime to be downloaded or installed. And if it doesn't come with an installer...
I guess it depends on who the audience is!
I agree with Alex here. I'd use a compressed standalone if the intent is for users to download and run the product/application from the Web. I have a sort of minimalist-case app that is 2MB uncompressed but which Stuffs to 784K. Another app that weighs in at 3.7MB as a standalone stuffs down to 1MB. Even at 56K, a 1MB file isn't onerous as a download.
It's important to note, too, that when you build a standalone (I'm sure you already know this, but some others here might not) you want to strip out all of the inclusions that you don't need. You do this on the final panel of the distribution builder interface at the Inclusions tab. This can have a relatively significant (300-500K) impact on application size.
Incidentally, Stuffing for OS X produces files that are slightly smaller than Zipping for Windows, but it appears to me to be only about 10% or so.
HTH
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