* Earle Martin [2005-12-16 14:28]:
> Every time it launches because I've encountered a PDF [cf.
> hates passim] somewhere on the web, it brings up a modal dialog
> telling me I should download about 5MB of "upgrade" because
> there's a new "feature" that, er, lets people add background
> sounds to
Earle Martin schrieb:
The worst thing is that it doesn't give you a "no, I don't want your stupid
update" button. Just "install now" and "install later".
Even worse: Recently i upgraded the Reader and that little bugger wanted me
to install the Yahoo-toolbar as well. So i deselected the Yah
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> Sounds much like my parents' digital TV box.
>
> "New channels detected. Process them now, or later?"
>
> My father is in the middle of watching something, so he chooses "later".
>
> 5 minutes later,
>
> "New channels detected. Process them now,
On #perl on irc.perl.org today:
< clintp> Winamp-- Checks for new versions, even if I don't want it to.
Claims "security issues". Bullshit. If I have an old version,
and I want to keep it, that's my problem. STOP ASKING ME.
This reminded me of Adobe Reader. Every time it la
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:48:27PM +, Earle Martin wrote:
> On #perl on irc.perl.org today:
> The worst thing is that it doesn't give you a "no, I don't want your stupid
> update" button. Just "install now" and "install later".
>
> < clintp> Same genre of bullshit. Any programmer that bows t
