Indy 9.5.0. Apple can't search for malware in LC Indy?
Paul Dupuis
paul at researchware.com
Tue Nov 5 15:26:27 EST 2019
I am sure it is possible. I just don't have the
PHP/HTML/Javascript/whatever skills to do that.
On 11/5/2019 12:02 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote:
> On this issue, isn't it possible to let a web server detect the OS
> requesting the download? So the server can then do the picking and
> send the right version to the requestor?
>
> Or maybe the info available to the server about the requesting OS
> isn't that detailed. Not sure. At least I'm sure I can use a single
> download link for an app's Mac and Windows installers.
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
>
> On 11/5/19 8:33 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>> I'm not saying YOUR experience is invalid. I guess I am just saying
>> we have really really really computer naive customers and Apple has
>> gone and complicated things and it creates a support burden for us
>> that we would not have had to expend resources addressing if Apple
>> had not done this.
>>
>> Apple has, and there is no going back, so it is what it is, but it is
>> really really annoying! :-(
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/5/2019 11:23 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>>> But the installers for drivers and the installer you want to use are
>>> not different. And what else does anyone have to go on but their
>>> experiences, and other people's experiences? I need to tap into that
>>> resource! ;-)
>>>
>>> Bob S
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Nov 5, 2019, at 08:18 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
>>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 11/5/2019 10:41 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> First, your assumption that "it's one everyone is experiencing for
>>>> any installer" is exactly that, an assumption based on your
>>>> experiences.
>>>>
>>>> The vast majority of our customers are computer novices and
>>>> anything but the simplest of steps can cause them problems. Most do
>>>> not know what version of macOS they run, nor how to tell what
>>>> version they are running.
>>>>
>>>> Second, I was not calling for RunRev to "fix" this. It is clearly
>>>> Apple's inane drive for marketing a level or privacy and security
>>>> that is mostly a gigantic lie that is the cause.
>>>>
>>>> And thirdly, drivers are a bit different than research apps.
>>>
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