Re: [tor-bugs] #7842 [Tor bundles/installation]: make a graphical TBB installer (extractor)

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#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 mo):

 Replying to [comment:7 phobos]:
 > We do not want an installer for TBB. TBB was created to get away from
 the horrible installers we had in the past.

 I understand the worries. But, the current 7zip SFX is an installer. It
 can also be tweaked to do stuff. Not as flexible as NSIS, but still.

 > 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.

 My "installer" does not really change this. It has a welcome page that I
 planned to extend to let people know about the portability and that there
 will be no shortcuts, a fancier extraction process, and finally an option
 to directly launch TBB. Other than that, it is a self-extracting archive.

 > We have this already, written up in a new check.tpo release by aagbsn.

 What Mike said. A welcome page BEFORE installation aims at all the people
 that fail to find how to launch TBB. They will never see check.tpo.

 We can easily drop the welcome page, and just leave the "Start Tor
 Browser" option at the end. Or replace it by a "Open Tor Browser
 directory".

 > The default location is whatever directory in which the zip/exe files
 resides.

 You make it sound like that is not a decision, but a fact. It remains a
 decision, and I am not sure it is the best one, given that many people
 WILL click through whatever dialog they see and end up having TBB inside
 their Download folder. Even experienced users are used to installers that
 FIRST extract stuff and then offer (installation) options.

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