Installer for 05/12

badboy · Post by **badboy** » December 6th, 2002, 12:16 am

I do not see the installer for 05/12 in http://seb.delahaye.net/phoenix/#download
When is it expected?

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badboy

seb · Post by **seb** » December 6th, 2002, 12:42 am

Here it is: http://seb.delahaye.net/phoenix/Phoenix ... -setup.exe
Remember that sometimes, I just do not have the time to package & upload those things just after the official nightly appeared.

badboy · Post by **badboy** » December 6th, 2002, 12:55 am

I understand.

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badboy

audioaficionado · Post by **audioaficionado** » December 11th, 2002, 9:27 pm

??? You need an installer ???

I thought Phoenix didn't need to be officially installed.

Post by **alanjstr** » December 11th, 2002, 9:44 pm

audioaficionado wrote:??? You need an installer ???

I thought Phoenix didn't need to be officially installed.

It's an unofficial installer.

audioaficionado · December 11th, 2002, 10:04 pm

What are the advantages of using an installer?

Post by **djst** » December 11th, 2002, 10:08 pm

audioaficionado wrote:What are the advantages of using an installer?

You don't have to manually unzip, you get optional desktop/start menu shortcuts, etc.

audioaficionado · December 11th, 2002, 11:17 pm

I just created all those myself in a couple of minutes. Since they all point to the same folder location, it works with each new nightly.

Does the installer create registry keys?

Post by **djst** » December 12th, 2002, 12:06 am

audioaficionado wrote:I just created all those myself in a couple of minutes. Since they all point to the same folder location, it works with each new nightly.

Does the installer create registry keys?

I believe it creates an uninstall key. You can check the source of the installer: http://seb.delahaye.net/phoenix/installer.nsi

seb · Post by **seb** » December 12th, 2002, 9:56 am

audioaficionado wrote:Does the installer create registry keys?

Yes.

wget · Post by **wget** » December 13th, 2002, 11:45 am

audioaficionado wrote:I just created all those myself in a couple of minutes. Since they all point to the same folder location, it works with each new nightly.

You won't need the installer, but that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who feel much more comfortable using an installer. Phoenix needs a good and simple installation process for it to spread beyond the relatively small tech community.

This installer is a great (unofficial) attempt at doing just that. Nobody's forcing you to use it. This is the great thing about open source: choice.

Post by **alanjstr** » December 13th, 2002, 11:54 am

wget wrote:
audioaficionado wrote:I just created all those myself in a couple of minutes. Since they all point to the same folder location, it works with each new nightly.

You won't need the installer, but that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who feel much more comfortable using an installer. Phoenix needs a good and simple installation process for it to spread beyond the relatively small tech community.

This installer is a great (unofficial) attempt at doing just that. Nobody's forcing you to use it. This is the great thing about open source: choice.

I don't see why they're not using the Mozilla installer. I think it just has to do with them not having enough resources setting up build scripts

wget · Post by **wget** » December 13th, 2002, 12:15 pm

alanjstr wrote:I don't see why they're not using the Mozilla installer. I think it just has to do with them not having enough resources setting up build scripts

I think that they'll start to do that once they deem the browser 'mature' and ready for a wider audience.

joshk · Post by **joshk** » December 13th, 2002, 2:07 pm

It's already a pretty wide audience right now...

wget · Post by **wget** » December 13th, 2002, 8:50 pm

joshk wrote:It's already a pretty wide audience right now...

That depends a lot on what you mean by 'wide'. My dad reads tech news and keeps up with internet security problems, but he hadn't heard of Phoenix until I told him about it. He knows that IE has a crappy security record, but he just shrugs that off and keeps on patching like a mad man. Phoenix needs some major exposure on mainstream sites like CNN before it reaches an audience that I'd call 'wide'.