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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: The really annoying thing about Vista's UAC...
Date: 9 Mar 2009 15:01:08
Message: <49b56774$1@news.povray.org>
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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.
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> 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.
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> 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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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: The really annoying thing about Vista's UAC...
Date: 9 Mar 2009 16:35:33
Message: <49b57d95$1@news.povray.org>
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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.
The problem is that MSN (and Google and Yahoo and ...) pay about $5 to Sun
if you install the toolbar. That's a powerful incentive. Primarily caused by
people so oblivious to what's getting installed that they just click OK. :-)
Same reason Google is fighting Microsoft over default browsers.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
unable to read this, even at arm's length."
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: The really annoying thing about Vista's UAC...
Date: 9 Mar 2009 18:46:22
Message: <49b59c3e$1@news.povray.org>
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On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:35:32 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The problem is that MSN (and Google and Yahoo and ...) pay about $5 to
> Sun if you install the toolbar. That's a powerful incentive. Primarily
> caused by people so oblivious to what's getting installed that they just
> click OK. :-)
>
> Same reason Google is fighting Microsoft over default browsers.
Well yes, that is the problem - greed often is the problem. :-)
And yeah, it's not just MSN that's the problem.
Jim
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