 jsz0Premium
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT | Most users.... These days it's becoming harder to get users to download and install new software. All the terrifying warnings and constant fear of malware/viruses have actually had a real impact on the way users behave. It's ironic to see it burning Microsoft's ability to pitch a new product when their existing product was the cause of all the problems in the first place. Irony 101. |
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 Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ | said by jsz0:These days it's becoming harder to get users to download and install new software. All the terrifying warnings and constant fear of malware/viruses have actually had a real impact on the way users behave. It's ironic to see it burning Microsoft's ability to pitch a new product when their existing product was the cause of all the problems in the first place. Irony 101. Don't worry, Microsoft will just install it as part of Windows soon... then everyone will have it from the get go, and anyone who doesn't want it will be able to go in and uninstall it... allegedly. |
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| Um, they have lawyers to stop them, seriously. The would not want to get into trouble with the DoJ or EU again. Although it is offered as a optional update on Windows Update, but its unchecked by default. |
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said by jsz0:These days it's becoming harder to get users to download and install new software. All the terrifying warnings and constant fear of malware/viruses have actually had a real impact on the way users behave. It's ironic to see it burning Microsoft's ability to pitch a new product when their existing product was the cause of all the problems in the first place. Irony 101. Just desserts, I'd say... |
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 QumahlinNever Enough TimePremium,MVM
join:2001-10-05
united state | reply to jsz0
said by jsz0: All the terrifying warnings and constant fear of malware/viruses have actually had a real impact on the way users behave. Judging by the continued growth of various botnets that require user interaction to be infected I would have to disagree. |
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It'd be nice to see multimedia customization options available on the first start of Windows. As in, have a series of menus with baseline plugins to install, like Flash, Silverlight, etc. That'd be more convenient than having to go to Adobe's site or Microsoft's site, download it, install it, then restart your browser.
And I'm sure people would argue against something of a monopoly created by this. Get the fuck over yourself, Flash is a MAJOR component on the internet today, there's no changing that. Maybe it's inefficient, but when websites the AVERAGE user use it (Ie, YouTube), it'd be silly not to make it easier to install.
The SilverLight install would just be an added option, perhaps it has little market share, but from I've read by some developer comments, it's quite nice to work with...And someone here said its video scaling puts Flash's to shame. |
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