[wix-users] Visual Studio "15" installer? [P]

[Steven Ogilvie]

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ClickToRun is a ridiculous installer feature... (IMHO)

You can't wait a few minutes to use the app?
Most places install major apps after hours using GPO , ePO, or SCCM or other software push software...

Steve




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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of John Zajac
Sent: May 5, 2016 11:25 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Visual Studio "15" installer?

I also see evidence of Burn (v3.7), in the new "Visual Studio "15" Preview with new installer". When I saw the demo at their last Build event, they kept saying how fast it was, so I originally thought they were going to use the 'Click-to-Run' technology (like the new Office installers) where the user can immediately start working with the application and as they user a feature those bits would be downloaded as first priority.

 this article
<http://t.sidekickopen51.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs8r4Px6W3LyXBW4WrMg4N3J2C4j166gNf7lS-kF03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fheres-whats-inside-microsofts-private-preview-of-visual-studio-next%2F&si=5758464741081088&pi=2ef32f32-2ca0-4094-dd95-b840e459d826>
claims
that 'the new installer is a Node app'. Maybe they use some Node along with their telemetry/application insights. I'm not sure I understand that comment in the article. Not even sure how much I trust it either.

Maybe that new 'minimal' UI you mention is populated dynamically through some kind of feed over the internet?

Might be a good Quora question for some Microsoft employee to expand on.



On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Nick Ball <Nick.Ball at grantadesign.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've just downloaded the preview of Visual Studio "15" and they have a 
> 'new' installer. Does anyone know what this uses? Having a poke around 
> it doesn't seem to be burn, but I might be wrong. It seems a lot more 
> in your face, showing the minimal UI for each package separate from 
> the main installer. Thoughts?
>
> -N
>
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