mark wrote:
Unix users don't mind 'apt-get install pd'. Windows users in general will get put out by anything other than setup.exe.
i think a lot of windows users are used to quite obscure installers - think of all the cracked audiosoftware many windows-people use. it's not easier to find and enter a serialnumber than to type "apt-get install" or "rpm -i" in a shell. this is a matter of different cultures not skills. even macOs users can learn how to open a terminal window.
Installing externals requires command lines or editing batch files
- again unacceptable to a lot of users.
I am not saying that PD is not useable to its current users - what it is not is a PRODUCT. which is what would be needed to broaden its user base...
yes pd is not a PRODUCT, and you can't get this shiny 8-cd box (plus 2 FREE test-cds) of pd in the store around the corner. the question is: "who wants to make pd a PRODUCT?" and who wants to to marketing and professional documentation&support for it?
i'm not saying pd is just perfect as it is. there's still a lot of useability-features to improve, but it's a good piece of software with a strong and growing community behind it. ... and its still a programming-language, so it can't be a goal to make all realplayer-users use pd instead.
just my $.2 regards d13b