CD Browser for MAC OS X
Neel
Does anyone know about CD Browser available for MAC OS X 10.3.5 ?
Actually i am looking for utilitie like Demoshield ( Windows ) ,
Similar for MAC 10.3.5 ?
Thanks,
Gregory Weston
"Neel" <niles...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm missing something. What is a CD Browser?
Googling around a bit, it sounds like this is the term for a program
that runs when media is mounted to provide the user with an interface to
launch the apps on it.
On that Mac, that's called "Finder" and it (or an analogous program the
user has explicitly designated as its replacement) is always running.
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What I write is what I mean. I request that anyone who decides to respond
please refrain from "disagreeing" with something I didn't write in the first
place.
Neel
interface where user can browse the CD contents and install PDF etc.
and finally there should be one button say Install MAC product, so the
installation gets start.
So is there any third party CD Browsers available for MAC ?
Thanks,
Neel
Gregory Weston
"Neel" <niles...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, You are right. Its media mounted to prvoide the user with an
> interface where user can browse the CD contents and install PDF etc.
> and finally there should be one button say Install MAC product, so the
> installation gets start.
>
> So is there any third party CD Browsers available for MAC ?
Nope. Not that I've ever seen. They're 100% redundant and the
overwhelming majority of people who want them are Windows developers who
are used to doing it that way because it's part of Microsoft's logo
compliance requirements.
There's no autorun function on the Mac. Apple offered the behavior
several years ago as an option, on by default. It was turned off on most
machines and Apple subsequently stopped including the option.
If you want the user to be presented with a pretty UI showing them a
handful of options when they pt in the CD, stage the CD with an open
window with the things the user is likely to use prominently positioned.
If you like you can provide a background image to enhance aesthetics or
highlight items of interest.
Most Macintosh software doesn't need an installer; if you've got a plain
vanilla app or collection of documents and you think you need an
installer, you've done something wrong.
For the very few that do, the Apple-provided installer functionality is
almost always sufficient. The "one-button" that says to install the
software should be the installer package. Assume your users are as
capable of double-clicking an icon as they are of clicking a button.
G