FW: System Requirements -- Browser information

[Darren Barefoot <dbarefoot -at- MPS-CANADA -dot- COM>]

Hi,

Because our products are only directed at Windows 95/98/NT users, we pretty
much assume that they've got a browser installed. I mean, have you ever
tried to completely uninstall Internet Explorer off these operating system?
It's a bit tricky for the average user. So, we don't include browsers with
our products, even though our install, readme, etc. ships in html formats
(as well as good old .txt). Just my two cents. Thanks. DB.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Norton [mailto:JNorton -at- JBLSMTP -dot- PHL -dot- LRPUB -dot- COM]
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 10:21 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: System Requirements -- Browser information


If we include browser installation for our browser-based products, we
want to note in the System Requirements area of our packaging so that
if the user does not have the required browser and needs to install it
from the CD-ROM, the user must have an additional x MB.  (how's that
for a sentence?)

In the past, we have put an asterisks next to the hard drive space
number w/ a notation stating that the product requires x-version
browser, that it's included on the CD-ROM, and it requires x MB
additional hard disk space.

My questions are:
1.  Is this notation sufficient?  It sure takes a lot of space on the
packaging.
2.  What are other companies doing?

Thanks for any suggestions and advice,
Kelly
Technical Writer
Philadelphia

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