running the Player

[Charles Hartman]

On Aug 13, 2005, at 9:03 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Charles Hartman wrote:
>
>> When I launch the (OSX) Dreamcard Player by double-clicking the  
>> app  (not a stack), I'm getting *nothing* -- just a splash /  
>> starup screen  with "Preparing..." and "Checking license..." and a  
>> big right-facing  arrow. The arrow isn't clickable; nothing is;  
>> and the menu offers  nothing useful except Quit.
>> Clearly *not* what I want to instruct my Dreamcard-stack users to  
>> do.  But if the app is there (if they've downloaded both my stack  
>> and the  Player), some will do it anyway.
>>
>
> Agreed, it doesn't provide much guidance.
>
As far as I can see (??), less than that: it doesn't look as though  
it permits any action but quitting. (Not a useful application  
model . . .) I'm sure I'm missing something. But -- appearances  
sometimes to the contrary, I'm not a really naive computer user --  
and if I can't find it, I *know* many of the people using my stack  
won't be able to either.


> What do you feel would make for a better user experience?
>
> For example, should it present a file selection dialog, or have  
> some sort of Home stack, or....?
>

The former seems like the best idea; users are accustomed to those  
dialogs in all kinds of apps. The latter could be good. But there  
would have to be a really direct way for me, as developer, to make my  
stack available either as or from that "home stack".

Charles