Installer VISE was an installer maker that supported Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Windows by MindVision Software.
History
Steve Kiene, the founder of MindVision, had done software work in the area of data compression, producing the Application VISE executable compressor for the Mac platform and a disk compression software implementation; the latter was released as Stacker after having been acquired by Stac Electronics. Mindvision had been founded in 1987. Installer VISE (which was first called Developer VISE) initially arose from some add-on software extensions that Kiene had developed for use with the Installer software from Apple. By 2000 Apple themselves were using the software to package and update their own QuickTime product. Other noted users of the product included Adobe, Microsoft, Macintax, Netscape, BBEdit, Claris and Quicken.
It also supported localization within a single package, supported AppleScript, In 1998 Mindvision made the use of the product free for shareware software developers.
Quietly, without any press release, MindVision Software was acquired by Digital River in 2006. As of 2020, the software company seems to have closed down and the website is pointing to an e-commerce solution developed by Digital River, MyCommerce.
See also
- List of installation software