Oops, I probably forgot to mention the app is delivered by download :-)
So yes, the application will be installed with everything it needs to
run, but it needs to download the stuff first.
And with QT movies and separate files, I have a list of stuff to
download, just trying to figure out the best way to structure it.
Speaking of downloads, I probably posted this before, but I would
like to offer a generous bounty for anyone who would like to either:
1. write a bittorrent client in Rev (or Rev external)
2. write or alter (license permitting) a "faceless" bittorrent client
(in whatever language) that announces download status either in a
text file or sockets
On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Josh Mellicker asked:
What is your vote?
1
2
3
4
5. none of the above
6: The application is installed with everything it needs to run.
Updates can come in over the wire later, but once the installer has
run it's ready to go, right then and there. You'd be surprised how
many folks download installers and run them later, and later might
be on a train or a plane or a spaceship to Mars. Why punish the
affluent traveling customer when you could be catering to that
desirable demographic instead, for the low cost of a convenient
experience for everyone else.
When updates are checked, all user interface elements are able to
be updated. The splash screen is a user interface element, and as
subject to change as anything else, so the only thing in the
standalone is an error dialog which no one should ever see unless
Something Very Bad happens during install, in which case the user
won't be able to see anything other than the first card of the
mainstack anyway -- might as well make it count. If boot goes well
I can hide that and move on to load the rest of the components. No
UI in the standalone means all UI can be updated.
I guess if this needs a name we could call it "Complete Install
with Anchor Stack".
I'm sure there's a 7, 8, 43, 1544, and more, but #6 is just what I do.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site
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