running the Player

[Richard Gaskin]

Charles Hartman wrote:
> Sorry, I know we've been over & over this, but:
> 
> 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.

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....?

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