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Mac OS X has the best "community norm" for installing software: 1. Download compressed .dmg from Awesome Software Inc. 2. OS X unpacks it automatically and mounts the drive on your desktop (with a new Finder window open) 3. Drag your app to the Applications folders 4. No step 4.

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I agree, Mac OS did it right. But I'm not a fan of packaging two different architectures in one installer. It makes the package bloated (which is also a problem with Windows installers).

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