On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:32:14 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> We are talking about the same thing. :-)
> 
> Could be.
> 
>> My understanding from that thread was that it is ActiveX.
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised. But being ActiveX doesn't preclude it being
> other things as well. Technically, Word is ActiveX as well. :-)

True...

>> And I'm sure
>> there's a way to install an extension for FF without invoking FF,
>> that's probably what Microsoft has done.
> 
> Yeah. And FF is designed to support that, so I'm at a loss why people
> thing something's done wrong. :-)

Stealth installations are generally frowned upon.  But even in non-
stealth setups, I get sick of extra crap being included in downloads.  
Sun started including the "MSN Toolbar" in their JRE downloads.  Why on 
Earth would I want that crap on my system?  I always forget about it 
(remote installs for testing centers running Windows) and end up having 
to remove it once the installer is done.

I wanted the Sun JVM.  That's it.  If I wanted the stupid MSN Toolbar, 
I'd download that and install it separately.  I really wish companies 
would stop bundling crapware with their products.

>> Except that it should be designed properly to begin with. :-)
> 
> Hard to do, with conflicting requirements. Very difficult to design one
> car that supports both Indy racing and people who don't know how to
> drive.

People who don't know how to drive shouldn't be driving. :-)

Jim

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