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With apt-get.
Lack of package management was one of the reasons I dumped OS X.
"Internet-Enabling a Disk Image
Although all disk images can be transported through the Internet, users need to open them, retrieve their contents, and discard them. An Internet-enabled disk image automates this workflow. After a user downloads an Internet-enabled disk image from a network using a web browser, the image is automatically opened, its contents placed at the user’s download location, and discarded (in the Trash). This improves the manual install experience by performing a few tedious tasks for the user. "
Too few devs seems to be aware of this.
Anyway a custom installer for Firefox is a backward idea.
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re: all the zip suggestions. Apple already provides a solution: "Internet-Enabling a Disk Image Although all disk images can be transported through the Internet, users need to open them, retrieve their contents, and discard them. An Internet-enabled disk image automates this workflow. After a user downloads an Internet-enabled disk image from a network using a web browser, the image is automatically opened, its conte…
re: all the zip suggestions. Apple already provides a solution: "Internet-Enabling a Disk Image Although all disk images can be transported through the Internet, users need to open them, retrieve their contents, and discard them. An Internet-enabled disk image automates this workflow. After a user downloads an Internet-enabled disk image from a network using a web browser, the image is automatically opened, its conte…
re: all the zip suggestions. Apple already provides a solution: "Internet-Enabling a Disk Image Although all disk images can be transported through the Internet, users need to open them, retrieve their contents, and discard them. An Internet-enabled disk image automates this workflow. After a user downloads an Internet-enabled disk image from a network using a web browser, the image is automatically opened, its conte…
How long has this feature been around? This should definitely be in use for all dmgs with only one file.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Disk_Image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.2
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Ever install Skype for the Mac? They actually have a link to the Applications folder in their .dmg, and a little arrow icon to show exactly what you have to do. It's pretty sweet.