Re: Installer UI advices

[Jonathan Isom]

On 2005-03-14 07:43:53 -0600 M. Uli Kusterer <Witness.of.TeachText@gmx.net> 
wrote:


> In fact, from a usability standpoint, disk images are worse, because the 
> concept of a "disk images" requires that the user understand the concept of 
> a 
> "virtual disk". Just treating it like any archive, which is a file that 
> wraps 
> up downloaded files in a space-saving way, requires less mental effort and 
> learning on the user's part. And the less users have to think when using 
> the 
> UI, the more brain power is available for the tasks they're actually trying 
> to achieve by using the computer.

Well on the mac side disk images a more natural.  When saved to the desktop
its no different than installing from a cd which is the standard for years.
it may not be as familar as on windows or linux but would be different and
learning curve on Macs.
        Later
                Jonathan Isom