It is interesting (for me) how many so called "power users" choose installer over standalone archive. I consider myself being "power user" as well and I must say that whenever I have option to choose between something that "installs itself" (tweaks registry, integrates into shell, makes filetype associations) and something that I can simply unpack, use and when I can be certain that it does not write anything outside its own directory (or nothing I explicitly tell it to), then my choice is clear. But it is certainly just a personal preference.
Ad this recent malware issue: I think situation is quite clear now. Jan bundled PSPad installer with flawed piece of third-party software. Vendor of this software literally took the responsibility and apologized. Jan also apologized for his part of this issue. [b]The only mistake Jan did, and only guilt which just nasty people could accuse him of was that he did not test all the installation scenarios, so the flaw leaked into public.[/b] Yes, it made several persons angry, and it is perfectly understandable. Some of them (if not all) expressed their disappointment in this thread while the situation was not clear, what's also quite natural. But what's not is continuing to do so while it is closed issue and even blaming Jan to be some evil greedy villain who puts malware in his software on purpose and profits, or what. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,57878,58471> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
