On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 25, 2008, at 9:18 AM, Paul Hill wrote: > > > I think Stephen is annoyed that Apple is silently bundling unwanted > > apps rather than the alerts themselves. > > They aren't bundling anything; they have a single updater for all > their apps that are available on Windows. If there is one thing that > could be objectionable is that the option for installing a new item is > checked by default; however, calling that 'forcing' or 'bundling' is > just false. > > > Apple do write *terrible* Windows applications (maybe deliberately?). > > Look at QuickTime for Windows - It's hideous! I'm sure the brushed > > steel look is wonderful on a Mac but this is Windows and it should > > look like a Windows app. iTunes is almost as bad. > > Agreed, but this is a distraction to the original topic, which is > if > asking to install something is 'forcing' it on you. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A nag screen when I use the product I can live with. To have a blatant AutoInstaller notify me every day that "hey you don't have iTunes yet, why don't you install it" is getting me pissed off. Will probably follow the alternative version offered up this thread. Did FireFox come in & bludgeon people to switch over to their browser? Nope. now you have to use their browser for iTunes? I thought that I just read that last week??? I don't own an ipod and i don't play mp3s that they would ever sell so I see no reason to get reminded of their poor offerings in my POV. Really I see that Apple is keeping the pretty side out and probably has rot at it's core. Give it a few more years and more people will start to see that they are coming across like M$ does a few years ago. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
