Re: [hylafax-users] double-click to install?

[Lee Howard <faxguy@deanox.com>]

On 2002.03.15 11:32 Simon wrote:
> hi, is anyone working on a nice "double click to install" version of 
> hylafax for mac os x? a nice aqua interface wouldn't go amiss either.

Not that I'm aware of (is anyone working on an OS X installer).  I'm 
playing with making HylaFAX more OS X friendly, but I'm not an OS X fan, 
by far.  I'm struggling right now with understanding NetInfo, and so until 
that's understood, there's not much that can be done from me.

You can find my installation instructions at:
http://www.hylafax.org/howto/misc/installnotes.html#OSX
However, change "sys" in step 3 to "bin".

> the greatest disappointment with osx is that it has opened up the mac 
> platform to a wonderful array of tried and tested unix applications, but 
> 99% of mac users don't have the first clue (and frankly, don't want to 
> have the first clue) about the intricacies of command-line based unix.

And Mac's GUI spoiled PC users when Microsoft changed MS-DOS for Windows.  
Most Windows users I know hate using the command-line prompt, which often 
is a more powerful place for file manipulation, etc.

> for all those that do know unix out there, the new mac platform is 
> desperately short of a reliable piece of fax software - all that is 
> available is FaxSTF-X which is trash. some unix-head could make an awful 
> lot of money out of marketing a simple to install and use version of 
> hyla fax.

Something very similar was said (by me) about 6 months ago on the -devel 
list.

Lee.

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