san@bubba.UUCP (02/25/86)
... > == Anyone want to open discussion on "what a perfect product looks like" ? > I'd be glad to start it off or contribute. > ---- If these opinions were those of my employer life would be different. --- > Bruce Barrett I'd be interested in what people consider an optimal layout (configuration) for released products. Consider copy-protected (oh no!) and non-copy-protected programs. For instance: On a production and non-copy-protected program, is a diskette with the tool and sample projects enough? This may imply (to the user) that the disk must be inserted every time that tool is to be used. This may sound ok for a floppy disk based system, but what about whenever hard disks become more popular? Since there is an hierarchal filing system, what if the tool is moved to a different location in the tree? Since the MacIntosh people may have answered these questions already, perhaps we could get some feedback from them? As far as personal preferences, what type of production/release diskette would *you* like to see for an over-the-counter/average- end-user application? And of course, I don't imagine that the ``perfect product'' subject is limited to just installation/release stuff. Thanks, Steve Sanderson -- Steve Sanderson, COSI Texas 4412 Spicewood Springs, Suite 801 Austin, Texas 78759 UUCP: {ihnp4, seismo, ctvax}!ut-sally!cositex!san, san@cositex.UUCP AT&T: (512) 345-2780
sgt@alice.UucP (Steve Tell) (03/02/86)
My "Perfect distribution package" would include on the diskette a program called "install" or somthing equally obvious that create the appropriate directories on the hard disk, and copy the necessary files from the diskette(s). If appropriate, it should also ask the user questions about his/her hardware or software configuration, and enter that information in the program's configuration or setup files.