stop giving your installer a crappy name
okay, bitch time again.
when i download your program, and i save it to my downloads folder, and i want to find it later…
i want to find it listed alphabetically by product name. this means, do NOT:
- put “Setup…” in front of the product name
- put “Install…” in front of the product name
- put “YourCompanyName…” in front of the product name
and absolutely do not ever, ever, EVER, just call it: “setup.exe”
i could continue to rant about “online” installers not recognizing that you use a proxy, but i should spare the reader this discomfort. after all, proxies are remarkable new technologies, they’ve only been around for … decades.
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 by mike
Filed under: software, web
I’m guessing that allyourbasebelongtous.exe is also out of the question?
frank, if your application is called “all your base are belong to us” and you make it available as a downloadable installer, then yes. that name would be perfect!