Chris Cason wrote:
> NB the vast majority of articles I have come across say the same thing
> (that it's installed without explicit notification or permission).

OK. Maybe I'm mis-remembering because Firefox jumped up and down flashing 
the new thing in my face when I started it.

It's not like I didn't give permission to install software on my machine, 
knowing what software is being installed. So I'm not really sure what all 
the complaining is about. It's a plug-in for firefox, which supports a 
plug-in architecture for just such purposes. The plug in that came down was 
bundled with 20+ meg of other changes to your system software as well. It's 
not like it's a root kit or something - before the first time it runs, you 
get FF in your face telling you it has been installed, do you want to 
configure it or disable it? Hardly "stealth."

And if it asked explicit permission, you'd get the same complaints that 
people have about too many UAC prompts - "why are you asking me twice?"

I just don't understand the outrage. "How dare you add a new feature to my 
software?"

Note there are already several 3rd=party plug-ins for firefox making it do 
clickonce. Perhaps none of those worked with the new click-once stuff, so MS 
wants to override the assignment of the mime type to the plug-in that 
actually works, without the user saying "Oh, I don't need that, I already 
have that."

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
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