While we keep our app selection curated to just the best, our page was getting pretty tall to make people scroll to the bottom to get their Ninite installer. Now with any browser better than IE6 a convenient Get Installer button will appear in the lower right as soon as any apps are selected.
Ninite is first and foremost a tool for getting stuff done and we’re excited about anything that removes tedium. In our testing over the past few days we’ve found that the new button increases installer creation by 3%. We were losing a fair number of users on that long scroll down to the bottom.
We’re also excited that this feature makes it more natural to get single apps from Ninite.
Many people think of Ninite as a tool for installing lots of apps when they first set up a new PC. Ninite is great for that, but we also want to save people from the terrible more day-to-day experience of getting single apps from download.com, FileHippo, or SourceForge.
Nobody wants to get lost in complicated hierarchies, see blaring ads, click through pointless installers, or get pitched (perhaps tricked) by worthless toolbars. Ninite just lets you get your software and get on with your life.
