[Suggestion]: Installer
According to the guide, many users have trouble installing the AddOn.
You could create an auto-extracting RAR, since you can find the Game Path in the Windows Registry (I'm on WinXP) here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft under GamePath. You just should copy the entire text string and cut the last 12 characters from the end, that would leave you on [drive:path\path\world of warcraft\] and you just need to add [interface\addons\] hope it's useful =) |
It's just as simple as installing any other addon. Copy all the 3 folders in your Interface/AddOns folder.
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Exes pose threats (if you don't know where you're getting them from)
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I don't trust .exes for my addons. It's just not the way it should be done. I do not need to have an addon write registry entries, or intrude into my system in any way. There's more security in a .zip or .rar than there is in an .exe. Think of it this way: How many .exes have you ever received in an email, claiming to be a legitimate file, only to have them turn out to be a Trojan of some sort? While the Carbonite team could package an official .exe, who's to say someone won't duplicate the file name on their Trojan-GameThief.Win32 (We just had that trojan start being passed around my workplace. It's everywhere.). Just stick with the .zip/.rar/.tgz file format, and you're safe. |
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It should be point and click, and she can run the addon installer to update all her addons before playing so she know she's up to date. |
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A WinRar based installer probably wouldn't help much, and would pose a security threat. An automated addon installer / updater (like curseclient) that can autoupdae the database and with permission from the user can upload your own gathered data to the server would have additional uses. Wowecon has such functionality. The key problem is: multiple third party launchers would be a problem, and we often use addons from different sources. Including curse, wowinterface, wowace, wowecon, etc... Making a single updater / installer that can work with multiple services (comercial and free) would be nice, and if it would allow patching addons (and updating them that way) instead of just redownloading the whole thing (usually on patch day) it could be profitable for all. It would help people who are now intimidated by the process of installing addons to sites, and some of them would buy premium access to involved sites. |
Our updater forum with a link to its download/info page and all discussion about it:
http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/f...play.php?f=124 A guide on how to install addons, written step by step, including a video walkthrough, and common problems/solutions: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=14762 |
I wrote an auto updater once and it was not simple. A variety of OS and permissions issues came up. Not something we plan on doing again. As Seerah pointed out, Wowinteface has an updater program, so I would try that.
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You should not run programs from unknown sources (and sorry, anyone on any add-on site is 'unknown') under any circumstances anyway. The need and prevalence of executable installers is precisely why so many Windows users have their machines laden with spyware, viruses, botnet hosting programs, kiddie-****, and stealth torrent clients, etc. Quote:
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I love the look and feel of Wowinterface. The dark backgrounds with light text are how I like to read text. White backgrounds burn my eyes. :eek:
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Adding Carbonite to the Curse database too would indeed be marvelous. I don't even understand what's keeping you guys from doing it already :s
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