In article <1154939767.616860.99580@n13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Neel" <nilesh_ibmr@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
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