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From: huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert E. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0!
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.205738.13579@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 91 20:57:38 GMT
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In article <1991Feb1.010656.6638@marlin.jcu.edu.au> glmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matt Crowd) writes:
>
>It is partly the fault of software developers. After installing Ventura
>Publisher on an IBM, the installation software asks the user if he/she
>wants the autoexec.bat (startup-sequence) changed to include the path/
>assignment for the installed program. If Amiga software did this, there
>wouldn't be so many problems with software installation for first time
>users.

I'd like to see more of this too.  I was pleasently suprised when installing
Excellence 2.0.  Not only did it alter the startup-sequence, but it seems
to have actually looked for the spot where other assigns were made to insert
the lines (I suppose this is in case you made ASSIGN resident for that
portion of the process).  However, I don't recall it actually asking my
permission.  It could be further improved by putting an IF EXISTS structure
around it in case I choose to remove it from the HD.

Overall I've noticed install procedures have been maturing rapidly in most
software.  Developers are catching on.
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| Robert E. Huebner                   | "Death is nature's way of telling  |
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