Installer icon badges
If you're anything like me, I'm sorry for you. Ah, a little joke to open things up never fails, but you know what isn't a joking matter? That's right, OS X's Installer. That's the program that, well, enables things to be installed in OS X so it is kind of important. Now, Daniel J. Wilson thinks that the Installer could do with a little more visual feedback to cue the user into what the heck it is doing. He suggests the icon badges mocked up above, to show when something is installing, there has been some sort of error, or the install has finished.
This is a perfect example of 'The Little Things,' let's hope that Apple agrees.
[via Daring Fireball]
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If you're anything like me, I'm sorry for you. Ah, a little joke to open things up never fails, but you know what isn't a joking matter?...
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While the installer in Leopard doesn't include little dock icons, it does now include a giant (and I do mean big) green checkmark when it's successfully installed a program. I forget what it shows if it failed, but it too is obvious.
I'm of the anti-crowd. Why do you need the icon to tell you the progress when the interface of Installer is a giant progress bar?
August 29 2006 at 10:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat would be helpful when I have several updates queued to install.. great idea!
August 29 2006 at 5:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIts pretty, but is it necessary?
August 29 2006 at 1:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOMG, I thought that was real and I could down load this and start using it right away!! I'm an IT Manager and do a lot of installing and this would come in handy big time!
August 28 2006 at 9:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow about an un-installer Apple? Isn't that why receipt exist? Why do I have to rely on a third party app for that???
Big up! I like the badge idea!
until Apple listens and implements this and then we'll have post after post complaining how apple steals all the innovation from programmers etc etc etc ...
August 28 2006 at 8:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is exactly the kind of desktop clutter I avoid. And it is completely un-necessary in this case. The installer always tells you what it is doing, all you have to do is read it's prompts. I don't need tacky icon add-ons.
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