On 12/12/2009 11:18 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > I’ve been a longtime Firefox user and advocate, but recently I’ve begun > to transition to Chrome. (If anyone cares, I’ll happily discuss the > thought process that could pull a near 180 reversal, that I thought > could never happen.) > > > > One thing I’ve noticed: If I go to the chrome download page, > http://www.google.com/chrome and I want to download the installer and > save it on my network share … I just click the “Download” button, and > then click “Accept and Install” … > > > > No security warning, No download dialog, No plugin installation, No > nothing. It simply launches the installer magically. It goes directly > from “I’m looking at a harmless webpage” to “Now I’m running an > installer on your computer.” And that creeps me out. > > > > Heebie Jeebies. I feel like there’s a million ants and creepy crawlies > on my skin. Brrrrbbrbbrrrr….. > > > > Anyone else have the same thing? I don’t suppose it’s just me.
If I remember correctly, Microsoft's ClickOnce installer does the same/similar thing. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t71a733d%28VS.80%29.aspx Single dialog prompt, which could be considered the EULA acceptance screen... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/142dbbz4%28VS.80%29.aspx It's been a while since I've played with ClickOnce installers, but the technology is similar if I remember correctly. -- Jon Angliss <j...@netdork.net> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
