U3 apps and rev

[Andre Garzia]

Richard,

I am all for it. I think the idea of crafting our own launcher would  
be good because this way we would not depend on the good will of U3  
group to include it anywhere. The launcher could be used from  
thumbdrives, network volumes, anything...

I liked it.

Cheers
andre


On Jun 25, 2006, at 5:35 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Thinking about this a couple months ago I came up with the notion  
> of "U4", an initiative to deploy truly open, custom-brandable  
> launchers with a set of known directories to make it dirt simple to  
> deploy even complex apps on ALL portable devices.  It wouldn't have  
> the auto-run benefit of U3, but that's Windows-specific and a  
> potential security issue anyway.  But it would have a simple,  
> consistent user interface for all platforms, and would offer a  
> simple set of data and program directories for developers.
>
> Andre, should we make a "U4" group at Yahoo Groups to get this  
> going? Or should we just get back to paying client work with  
> proprietary custom installs?  :)
>
> I'm deploying to flash drives either way, U3 and beyond, but if  
> there's interest in establishing conventions for data storage  
> directories on the drive I'm happy to contribute what I can.  If  
> the U3 folks are open-minded they may even be willing to endorse  
> something as simple as parallel directory structures as the "little  
> brother" of the U3 "smart" experience....