What's Wrong With Setup.exe? ⇒
24 July 2007, early morning
I can't believe people prefer the Windows method. On the Mac there is no installation process. You drag a file from a disk image to some place you want to keep it -- usually the applications folder. This means you can: test out an application by running it directly from a disk image; you can install it wherever you feel like; you don't need a fancy uninstall program to trash an application you don't like. What isn't wrong with setup.exe would be a better question.
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i never realized that you can run the app from the disk image.
i think the process could be made easier (like the installs which have a link to your application directory inside the disk image folder.)
also, I find you still need appzapper to truly uninstall apps.
by tyler on July 24 2007, 6:50 pm #
i think the process could be made easier
How would you simplify dragging a application from a disk image to your computer? As you mention, most of the time people have aliases for your Application folder right on the image, so you need to drag a file a couple inches over. I suppose when you double click on a file it could ask you if you want to install it, like Widgets do now. Maybe that’d be the easiest thing ever.
also, I find you still need appzapper to truly uninstall apps.
This is true if you really really don’t want preference files sticking around after the application is gone. I don’t know if keep those files there is the biggest deal in the world though. Some applications do install stuff in the Application Support directory, but then these are usually applications like Photoshop which share code with several other applications. That stuff should probably takes up a bit more space. Most applications you can just drag to the trash.
by Ramanan on July 25 2007, 11:45 am #