I have a utility, written in Python, that I think a number of blind Mac Skype users might want to use. The problem is, it's currently rather complex to install: It requires the Skype4Py module, which can be had from the Skype Developer Zone web site. It's command-line based and so tends to require you to start the Terminal to use it. It is also something I think people will want to have started automatically, either at boot time or when Skype is launched. The utility has several features, but perhaps most interesting to most people here are its ability to make the Mac produce sounds indicating online statuses of contacts as you arrow through the contact list, and its provision of some shortcut commands for common tasks, like "pvm" to read the oldest remaining unplayed voicemail.
Because of the installation complexity problem, the utility is not really ready for public consumption at this point. However, I welcome advice on how to create an easy-to-use installation system for this thing. I'm not sure if it should be a .dmg, a .pkg, or what. I do want the user to have easy ways to do at least the following though: Install the utility, update the utility, install and update Skype4Py, launch the utility, arrange for auto launch of the utility, and remove the utility and possibly Skype4Py. I'm wondering if a .dmg containing both the utility and Skype4Py would work, but I don't know how one makes a .dmg that just installs normally, or one whose application can be auto-launched. Thanks for any assistance. -- Doug Lee d...@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group doug....@ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com Snowmen fall from heaven, unassembled. --anon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
