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Re: [tor-bugs] #7842 [Tor bundles/installation]: make a graphical TBB installer (extractor)
#7842: make a graphical TBB installer (extractor)
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Reporter: proper | Owner: mo
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Tor bundles/installation | Version:
Keywords: tbb-usability | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by cypherpunks):
Replying to [comment:10 cypherpunks]:
> Replying to [comment:7 phobos]:
> > Replying to [comment:6 mo]:
> >
> > > will take a "./Tor Browser" directory and produce torbrowser-
install.exe from it. In will prompt to run Tor Browser after installation
(and will still confuse users who are not able to find Tor Browser again
later), and warn if you are trying to overwrite existing Tor Browser
installations.
> >
> > We do not want an installer for TBB. TBB was created to get away from
the horrible installers we had in the past. We had no end of issues with
installers (which led to the creation of TBB). We should not spend time on
installers.
> >
> > > Currently, the default location for TBB "installation" is the user
desktop. I am not sure this is the best default, but I think it is an
improvement over the installer directory (which is the 7zip default).
> >
> > The default location is whatever directory in which the zip/exe files
resides. What we want is a simple exe/zip/dmg that runs TBB, does
everything behind the scenes, and just works. Users shouldn't be exposed
to installers, un-extractors, etc. It should just simply be a download and
run. This will encourage more users to run from torproject.org, but they
already do this. The answer is to fix TBB, not write installers and dig
more into a system.
> >
>
> Hi Phobos
>
> I can state that many people (Facebook using 20-something Americans) I
have introduced to TBB do not realize what to do once they extract TBB.
They often can't find the TBB install dir after they install to
\Downloads\ (they very rarely extract anywhere except \Downloads\), crazy
yes, but true of many people. YMMV.
>
And by "install dir" I mean "extraction dir," sorry. I wrote "install"
because that's what the 20-something Windows users kept calling the
process of extracting TBB. When I said "go to the location where you
extracted the TBB file," only one or two people knew to what I was
referring. However, out of those few people that knew what I was talking
about, none could find the TBB extraction dir - everyone just clicks the
"Extract" button and doesn't record the location.
Almost everyone asked why they can't find the program under the Start
menu. That's where everyone went to find the file after they extract it;
at least that's the case with the dozen or two people I've introduced to
TBB.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7842#comment:19>
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