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Re:Going from zero-install to instant-install by jessriedel on Monday June 21, 2010 @09:29AM (#1448713)
> The only thing I miss about installations, as a developer, is the ability to drop an icon on the desktop.

The thing I love about web apps is not having to worry about an installation dialog where I must be on the lookout for the program trying to place icons on my desktop, start menu, or elsewhere.

Re:Going from zero-install to instant-install by patio11 on Monday June 21, 2010 @10:27AM (#1448881)
Have no fear, mine doesn't bother you with deciding on those details. grin

Seriously though, I understand developers react to someone changing a setting on their computer like a dragon who had a copper piece fondled by an unwelcome hobbit. However, normal people don't care, need those boxes checked or they will be unable to run the software again, and everything in an installer might as well be magic spells written in ancient Aramaic (though the cleverer ones have learned that the button on the bottom right casts "continue").

Re:Going from zero-install to instant-install by thwarted on Monday June 21, 2010 @11:03AM (#1448994)
However, normal people don't care, need those boxes checked or they will be unable to run the software again

All I can think of now is "our website was at the very tip of the penis" and "my salesforce.com was on the right testicle". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU