[openbeos] Re: "OpenSoftwareValet"

  • From: Erik Jakowatz <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:35:08 -0800

Certainly, the developer should probably specify a *default* install
location, but I hardly think the system needs to organize my app
installs for me. ;P

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DarkWyrm wrote:
> 
> >An interesting idea, but one man's "useful and logical" is another man's
> >"obstructive and irrational". =)  Better to leave it up to the user to
> >say where an app is installed.
> Some people (like my mother-in-law) don't *want* to have a choice. They find
> it more confusing. I say give the option of choosing where/how/how much to
> install. Control freak that I am, I almost always choose Custom Install when
> installing a Winblows app, but just want to click until it's installed.
> 
> --DarkWyrm

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