Impolite Installers
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
That's the Java way of doing things.
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Impolite installers are one of my pet peeves. It really annoys me when installer decides that they should plaster my desktop with icons without asking, mess with file associations and decided to run on start up and put a cute icon in my taskbar every time I start (I'm looking at you Quicktime and Real Player). :mad:
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Of course with Firefox you could easily unclose any tabs you had open complete with history. ;)
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Impolite installers are one of my pet peeves. It really annoys me when installer decides that they should plaster my desktop with icons without asking, mess with file associations and decided to run on start up and put a cute icon in my taskbar every time I start (I'm looking at you Quicktime and Real Player). :mad:
Quicktime Alternative & RealPlayer Alternative are the first 2 apps I install on any new installation. Just the codecs, no extra crap.
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
MS does the same thing. i lost a bit of work last week when Windows decided it needed to do an auto-reboot as part of an update.
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Quicktime Alternative & RealPlayer Alternative are the first 2 apps I install on any new installation. Just the codecs, no extra crap.
Steve Hansen wrote:
Quicktime Alternative & RealPlayer Alternative are the first 2 apps I install on any new installation
Do you have links to that?
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Adobe auto update is anoying the hell out of me for the last wee while. It won't take no for an answer. You'd think saying no 100 times it would get the message.
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Ahh, but it's strongly recommended that you close all applications and retire to a safe distance before proceeding with the install, so it's your own fault really, expecting to be able to use your computer whilst it performs a glorified unzip. Honestly.
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That's the Java way of doing things.
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Steve Hansen wrote:
Quicktime Alternative & RealPlayer Alternative are the first 2 apps I install on any new installation
Do you have links to that?
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Do you have links to that?
This page does :- http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2003/06/12/8632.aspx[^]
Regards, Nish
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Steve Hansen wrote:
Quicktime Alternative & RealPlayer Alternative are the first 2 apps I install on any new installation
Do you have links to that?
Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Geek Dinner (5th March) * Edinburgh: Web Security Conference Day for Windows Developers (12th April) My: Website | Blog | Photos
I've been using Realplayer alt and Quicktime alt for 2+ years now. They work perfectly well :-)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Do you have links to that?
This page does :- http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2003/06/12/8632.aspx[^]
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
This page does :- http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2003/06/12/8632.aspx\[^\]
I'm quite scared of the comments to the post. :~
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
This page does :- http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2003/06/12/8632.aspx\[^\]
I'm quite scared of the comments to the post. :~
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Dario Solera wrote:
I'm quite scared of the comments to the post.
The comments were about Real Player and not about the Real and Quicktime alt players :-) I've been using the alt players for 2+ years now without any problem. Note that, some spurious sites may be distributing spyware-enhanced versions - so you should not download it from some random website.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Why are you running Java?
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Why are you running Java?
Nick Hodapp wrote:
Why are you running Java?
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Why are you running Java?
Nick Hodapp wrote:
Why are you running Java?
All that biking in sub-zero temperatures seem to have had a maundering effect on Maunder. :rolleyes:
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I'd bet you dollars to donuts that the first thing the installer said was "It is strongly recommended that you exit all programs before continuing with this installation." I guess they really meant it this time. ;P
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Steve Hansen wrote:
Quicktime Alternative & RealPlayer Alternative are the first 2 apps I install on any new installation
Do you have links to that?
Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Geek Dinner (5th March) * Edinburgh: Web Security Conference Day for Windows Developers (12th April) My: Website | Blog | Photos
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm[^] http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm[^] That's where I always get mine :)
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I just installed the latest update for Java. While doing this I was browsing the net, reading some news and doing other stuff using the browser. At the end of the Java install the installer closed all my browsing windows - without asking - and reloaded the Java.com page so I could "test my install". So I lost the messages I was typing, the news I was reading, and my online work. Thanks Sun. X|
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Are you sure you did not miss this screen: http://www.codeproject.com/script/profile/upload/15383/Capture.JPG[^] I just installed it for Fun and found that dialog at the very beginning of the install.
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Are you sure you did not miss this screen: http://www.codeproject.com/script/profile/upload/15383/Capture.JPG[^] I just installed it for Fun and found that dialog at the very beginning of the install.
I didn't get that screen. That's very weird. But even if I did: Do you really expect me to read such warnings? And do something about them? C'mon, I'm a product of the '90s and have a short attention span.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
