--- Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:00:07AM +0100, > panamerica334 at uni.de wrote: > > >> Only negative comment about the installer is > that it > > >> seems to automatically put freenet in the > startup > > >> folder without prompting the user first. There > should > > >> definitely be a check box somewhere for doing > that. > > >> (If there is and I missed it, please let me > know.) > > > > > >Why? If a user absolutely insists on not having > freenet run on startup > > >he can always remove it. The default is for a > permanent node now. > > > > either there should be a checkbox like "start when > windows starts" so the user can configure the node > startup settings (default the box to "yes") or > > > > add a comment at the finish-page, saying "your > node is configured as a permanent node. it will be > started every time you start windows. if you would > like to > > change this behaviour, please feel free to delete > the "freenet" entry in your autostart folder. you > can start freenet manually by clicking the freenet > icon in the > > freenet program group" > > > > both should not be too much to code..... > > > Ugh. Repeat after me: WE WILL NOT ENCOURAGE USERS TO > RUN TRANSIENT NODES > UNLESS THERE IS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. They can > always turn it off e.g. > while gaming using the icon, can't they?
It just seems like a very bad/annoying practice to put something into startup without at least letting the user know that you put it there. --Reuben > > -- > Matthew Toseland > toad at amphibian.dyndns.org/amphibian at users.sourceforge.net > Full time freenet hacker. > http://freenetproject.org/ > Freenet Distribution Node (temporary) at > http://80-192-4-36.cable.ubr09.na.blueyonder.co.uk:8889/1743AFgzLMk/ > ICTHUS. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
