[1] 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.
[2][non-primary source needed] Originally created Mac-only, Installer VISE was one of the most popular installer makers for the platform around 2006 given its visual interface that made the software easy to use by nontechnical persons in addition to its extensive features.
[5] Other noted users of the product included Adobe, Microsoft, Macintax, Netscape, BBEdit, Claris and Quicken.
[3] In 1997 the software was a finalist in Macworld/MacTech magazines' Eddy Awards in the "MacTech Best Developer Tool" category.
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.