[tor-bugs] #7842 [Tor bundles/installation]: make a graphical TBB installer (extractor)

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#7842: make a graphical TBB installer (extractor)
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 Reporter:  proper                    |          Owner:  mo      
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:          
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:          
 Keywords:  tbb-usability             |         Parent:          
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:          
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:7 phobos]:
 > Replying to [comment:6 mo]:
 >
 > > will take a "./Tor Browser" directory and produce torbrowser-
 install.exe from it. In will prompt to run Tor Browser after installation
 (and will still confuse users who are not able to find Tor Browser again
 later), and warn if you are trying to overwrite existing Tor Browser
 installations.
 >
 > We do not want an installer for TBB. TBB was created to get away from
 the horrible installers we had in the past. We had no end of issues with
 installers (which led to the creation of TBB). We should not spend time on
 installers.
 >
 > > Currently, the default location for TBB "installation" is the user
 desktop. I am not sure this is the best default, but I think it is an
 improvement over the installer directory (which is the 7zip default).
 >
 > The default location is whatever directory in which the zip/exe files
 resides. What we want is a simple exe/zip/dmg that runs TBB, does
 everything behind the scenes, and just works. Users shouldn't be exposed
 to installers, un-extractors, etc. It should just simply be a download and
 run. This will encourage more users to run from torproject.org, but they
 already do this. The answer is to fix TBB, not write installers and dig
 more into a system.
 >

 Hi Phobos

 I can state that many people (Facebook using 20-something Americans) I
 have introduced to TBB do not realize what to do once they extract TBB.
 They often can't find the TBB install dir after they install to
 \Downloads\ (they very rarely extract anywhere except \Downloads\), crazy
 yes, but true of many people. YMMV.

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