[Adium-devl] Fwd: The disk image

[Colin Barrett]

Agree with augie, turn on reply-to: for this list! >:O

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Colin Barrett <timber at lava.net>
> Date: November 9, 2006 10:26:21 AM HST
> To: Peter Hosey <prh at boredzo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Adium-devl] The disk image
>
> On Nov 9, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>
>> I hadn't really thought of the just-one-file thing before.
>>
>> Currently, we have ten tons of crap in our makefile for positioning  
>> the icon Just So, and setting a background, and adding a symlink  
>> to /Applications, blah blah blah. We could eliminate all of that,  
>> replacing it with:
>>
>> 	hdiutil internet-enable Adium.dmg
>>
>> Then, as the commenter notes, Safari would expand the only item  
>> (Adium.app) to the desktop, then auto-Trash the dmg. Result: Adium  
>> on the user's desktop, ready for him to install anywhere he wants  
>> it. No muss, no fuss, for 90% of users (I know I want to keep the  
>> dmg, but I doubt I'm in the majority).
>>
>> I *like* this idea.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> I personally hate this behavior. It encourages user to leave .apps  
> sitting on their Desktop -- I've seen apps that come in IEDs in this  
> way and I see them sitting on desktops a LOT.
>
> Symlink to /Applications is a Good Thing. We just need a better  
> arrow :P
>
> -Colin