[Adium-devl] [macsb] Re: Disk Images

[Joshua Lock]

On 12 Nov 2006, at 12:24, Colin Barrett wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2006, at 2:18 AM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>> On 12 Nov 2006, at 12:13, Uli Kusterer wrote:
>>>   iTunes-style "show it on first startup" is out?
>>
>> In my opinion that gets really annoying due to the fact that you have
>> to accept the license each time iTunes updates.
>> If we go down this route my suggestion is that we only give users the
>> license to accept on *first* launch; i.e. after a clean install.
>>
>> We would probably need to show the license again in the even that it
>> changes (i.e. update to GPL v3) but other than that we don't want to
>> be pestering people with it each time the app updates. Right?
>
> And all that could be easily solved by keeping things the way they are
> -- especially with our shiny new DMG background. Really, I don't see  
> *any* advantage to using an IED. Can anyone name one? I'll list the
> disadvantages:
>
> - We have to show a license on startup -- our first run is already
> pretty cluttered
> - Users will often just leave applications that come out of IEDs on
> the desktop
> - Poor support for 3rd party browsers, unlike Adium itself, which
> supports 3rd party browsers quite well
> - No sweet DMG background
>
> I can't think of a single advantage other than "Apple recommends it."

I'm in total agreement!

- J
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Joshua Lock
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