QuickTime capabilities question (naive response)

[Erik Hansen]

--- Graham Samuel <graham.samuel at wanadoo.fr> 
> > > I found out that you can't force
> > > Windows users to install QT, but that's
> > > another story...
> >
> >Of course you can't force anyone to install
> anything, but if the
> >benefits are compelling enough it's not hard
> to get users to choose to
> >install QT, and even easier if you get the
> free license from Apple to
> >include the QT installer on your product's CD.
>  With the HyperRESEARCH
> >product I make for ResearchWare we haven't had
> a single complaint from
> >Win users about installing QT; given the wide
> range of formats it allows
> >our product to support they're often glad we
> use it.
> >
> >But of course acceptance will depend on the
> market the software
> >addresses.  What sort of audience are you
> finding resistance to QT in?
> 
> UK Schools - very few have the time or
> inclination to go through more than 
> the minimum installation process, especially
> for a relatively inexpensive 
> product. Of course here and there, there are
> highly IT-literate schools or 
> proper IT departments who would be responsible
> for the installation work 
> and for the policy decision to install QT,
> perhaps centrally, but you can't 
> count on it. This is the advice I get from my
> publisher who is in touch 
> with literally thousands of state (=publicly
> funded) schools in the UK. A 
> further insight is that these teachers are so
> hard-pressed that apart from 
> the relative few who take a direct interest in
> computers, they will seldom 
> feel able to take the time to understand any
> intricate functionality in a 
> PC application, even if an investment of
> understanding would in the end 
> lead to a reduction in time and effort. It's a
> tough world out there.

the naif asks:
is there any way to automate the whole deal
and put it in a button "Install Me!"
along the lines of Alice in the Looking Glass?

Erik Hansen

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erik at erikhansen.org    http://www.erikhansen.org


	
		
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