installing yellowbox version of OmniWeb

[Ken Case]

> I eagerly launched OmniWeb, expecting some sort of installation utility.
> There isn't one.

When I announced OmniWeb for Windows on our OmniWeb-l mailing list  
day before yesterday, I included some brief installation  
instructions.

> The Browser won't open and says that there is a missing *.dll file.  I
> search for it in all the stuff I've downloaded and can't find it.   
Getting
> a little broader in my search finds the *.dll -- but with an "omni*" tag
> in front of the filename.  So I rename it, throw it in the system  
folder,
> and try to launch again.

I take it it was looking for APPKIT.DLL, and you found  
OmniAppKit.dll?  APPKIT.DLL is part of Apple's Yellow Box  
distribution, OmniAppKit.dll extends it.

There are two options to running OmniWeb for Windows (we have two  
Windows releases):  you can run it using Apple's Yellow Box for  
Windows (still in developer release, not available to the public), or  
you can run it using OPENSTEP Enterprise (a commercial product which  
you have to purchase from Apple).

In the long term, we intend to package the Yellow Box run-times  
(which Apple has committed to making freely available) with OmniWeb,  
but since they're still in developer release we don't have that  
option yet.

> I am eager to try the yellow box version of OmniWeb at my office,  
however,
> if you can't include any read me files, installation utilities, or even
> mention it on your own web site, I'll wait for a few versions,  
until such
> nicities are added.

We haven't mentioned OmniWeb for Windows on our own web site yet  
precisely because I haven't yet written up the system requirements  
and installation instructions.

I didn't realize that the news would make it to Mac OS Rumors so  
quickly (I haven't even announced OmniWeb for Windows to our general  
OmniNews mailing list yet because I was in the process collecting  
feedback on the Windows installation process from people already  
familiar with OmniWeb on other platforms); and I'm guessing that Wil  
(who sent the note to Mac OS Rumors) didn't realize that I hadn't  
written up installation instructions as I usually do.  Sorry, it's  
been a busy week.

				Ken