I hate you.
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
LOL :-D
Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
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(double) LOL :-D
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
LOL... :-D
Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
So what's the name of the product you were installing? :) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
While we are on the subject, how about letting me place the menu entry where I want, instead of having to go back and edit that later ? Who here has 134 entries under "Programs" ? Elaine (growling fluffy tigress) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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While we are on the subject, how about letting me place the menu entry where I want, instead of having to go back and edit that later ? Who here has 134 entries under "Programs" ? Elaine (growling fluffy tigress) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Trollslayer wrote: how about letting me place the menu entry where I want Amen! Someone who thinks like me. About the first thing I do after installing an app is move it's icon and folder into a sub-folder (e.g. if it is a graphics app then it goes in the Graphic Tools folder, dev app then in the Development folder etc.) The only shite bit about that is that when I uninstall the app it can't "find" the move shortcuts and just leaves them. I know it is not hard to search for the icon and remove it, but they don't. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Simon Walton wrote: "You come across a lot of people who call themselves realists, when they are actually pessimists attempting to look intelligent."
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Hello, Software Industry? It's me, poor long-suffering power user. I've put up with your empty promises for ten long years, with hopeful eyes turned toward each new product rollout, believing that *this* will be the one that works as it was advertised to, this would be the one that would install quickly and painlessly, this would be the one that wouldn't stop working the day after i'd stowed the installation disks at the bottom of a box in long-term storage. And you continue to spit in my face. So now i've a request. Just a few small things i want you to do for me. Nothing earth shattering, you don't have to launch satellites or genetically engineer new life forms; i just want a couple of changes to how you make software.
- Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so.
- Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so.
- Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reason to, and then asking me first. Go on, you fucking arrogant prick - make it so
- Do NOT, EVER, require me to enter another license key, set
Shog9 wrote: 1. Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so. Come on, be realistic here. You want a software package to be able to interact with the system and not be installed on the system? I know the big thing here lately is xcopy deployment, but I think this request is just going a bit far. It also kills the fact that alot of programs have files compressed on the CD so simply dragging them off is not going to work. Also, you forgot about that dreaded 'read only' attribute that gets set ofr files copied off the CD-Rom. Do you really want to have to clear that on all the files? Shog9 wrote: 2. Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so. System files problems should be taken care of now with WFP. Nothing but OS u[pgrades should toucth system files. I do agree with this one though. No way some flunky word processor application should be able to change the contyrol library that is used by the entire OS. I never understood that. Shog9 wrote: 3. Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reaso
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Shog9 wrote: 1. Make software that installs in one place on my harddrive. No files in Windows\System, no *new* system folders, no special drivers or services or files left on CD or other bullshit. Make your install program do one and only one thing: Copy a bunch of files onto my harddrive in the location i give you. In fact, since i'm in a hurry sometimes and don't care to read your license agreement that i already agreed to by breaking shrinkwrap on the oversized landfill-wasting box you sold me, i should be able to just drag a folder off the CD onto my harddrive icon and be done with it. Make it so. Come on, be realistic here. You want a software package to be able to interact with the system and not be installed on the system? I know the big thing here lately is xcopy deployment, but I think this request is just going a bit far. It also kills the fact that alot of programs have files compressed on the CD so simply dragging them off is not going to work. Also, you forgot about that dreaded 'read only' attribute that gets set ofr files copied off the CD-Rom. Do you really want to have to clear that on all the files? Shog9 wrote: 2. Do NOT install new versions of common DLLs without letting me know first - whether they be new MFC versions, new database engines, or that new .NET thingy you've been promising would cure my every sickness. I will most likely want to know at some point what other software is required for yours to work correctly, and i *don't* want to have to load it into a debugger to figure that out. Go on, bitch - make it so. System files problems should be taken care of now with WFP. Nothing but OS u[pgrades should toucth system files. I do agree with this one though. No way some flunky word processor application should be able to change the contyrol library that is used by the entire OS. I never understood that. Shog9 wrote: 3. Do NOT create shortcut icons for me. We can have long meaning ful names for .exe files now, so go ahead and give the .exe that starts your program the actual name of your program - really, i can figure it out from there if i need to. Also, do not add registry entries, for any purpose - i don't really care to clean them out later, and you shouldn't be registering anything or putting any uninstall information in there anyway. Use a .cfg file like you're supposed to. In fact, this is really just an extension of #1 - don't be messing with my PC without haveing a damn good reaso
Ray Cassick wrote: You want a software package to be able to interact with the system and not be installed on the system? Yes. I really do. No, i don't see it happening, but i still want it. Ray Cassick wrote: Also, you forgot about that dreaded 'read only' attribute that gets set ofr files copied off the CD-Rom. Yes i did. That sucks too. What is wrong with MS that they can't do a filesystem driver that will acknowlege the drive as read-only without sticking useless attributes on every file? (ok, i should probably blame who ever came up with the CD-ROM standard FS, but still, MS hacked around it in other ways, why not this?) Ray Cassick wrote: Now all any one does in complain... True... and will continue to do so, at least until i can actually plan on going *years* without re-installing Windows to fix messy applications. There are ways to do clean-running apps; not enough of them maybe, but we can make an effort... Ray Cassick wrote: she was trying to use her finger :omg: :laugh: Wow, i feel for ya! That's gotta be a stressful job, no doubt. But, i still think most product installs could provide an *option*. ------------------------------------------------- To be fair, i didn't mean this to be *entirely* a bitch session. (well, mostly...) I'm as guilty as anyone of making software that messes up a system without regard to other apps. But when MS can't even get VS.NET to recover from an installation crash on their own OS, it's troubling to think of what that means for everyone else.
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