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by teehemkay 6112 days ago
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 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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2 comments

How long has this feature been around? This should definitely be in use for all dmgs with only one file.
According to Wikipedia this feature appeared in Mac OS X 10.2.3 which was released in December 2002...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Disk_Image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.2

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