----- Original Message ----- From: "Ned Konz" ned@bike-nomad.com
On Tuesday 09 October 2001 12:12 am, G.J.Tielemans@dinkel.utwente.nl
wrote:
You are missing the point that for a normal user - not the computer-fun-people - the best solution is to put all materials in one
box
and if they want to use it, they only would have to open that box: windows-shorthand for that: "give me a .exe"
Truly normal people (i.e. not computer geeks) don't know about exe's. They know about clicking on icons or menu entries.
They may or may not know about how to install a program they downloaded
from
the 'net.
They almost certainly don't know or care how many files are in whatever it
is
they installed.
If someone is capable enough to download, find, and execute an .exe,
they're
capable enough to:
- run an installation program instead
- read a README
etc.
If you're distributing something over the net, it's best to have it a
single
file originally (better if the file is never seen, as in Squeakland), but it's immaterial how many files it becomes when installed.
That's very well articulated Ned. That would be ideal for projects where the user isn't a broadbander and isn't a Squeak user.
Regards, Gary