![]() ![]() I am looking primarily at the developer aspect, rather than video or multimedia. Having looked in some detail as Adobe Flex and AIR in recent weeks, it is interesting to compare and contrast. One little annoyance: it keeps on popping up, whether I indicate that I don’t want to see this update again, or not.I am at Mix07 in London. Seeing the comments from users that ran into problems upon install, whether a program glitch or a conflict due to other software installed, I feel that until know it’s been good decision not to. Websites that urge me to install SL are a simple click away from sites that don’t. Until this very day I don’t have the feeling I’m missing that “wonderful experience”. I’m a bit suspicious and if I don’t understand what they want to install, and it’s not clear to my what it actually does (without my permission probably), I stay away. Probably my fault but at a certain moment it crossed my mind:”what the heck do they try to prove here?” ![]() Spent a few hours reading that stuff, and in the end decided that I understood less then nothing about it.Īs I remember it was written with Web designers and other bytesbiters in the IT business in mind. a website asking for it to be installed, I went to Microsoft’s website to learn more about it. When I chanced on SL a few years ago, i.e. However, the e-mail address above is correct, I just go there Irrelevent to what I’m trying to do, I provide misinformation, on Required to sign up or give information that I consider intrusive or are history already as is my satelliteĭish) I may keep my TV, but 3D is out of the question and with DVD’s When I retire, all the computers and cell phones are goung to be thrown WhatĪll of this is causing is a gradual hatred for technology. SO I don’t own it even though I’ve paid for it. Now the computerĪnd the operating system has to touch the “Mother Ship” or it will Update/upgrade something that doesn’t work, again. – and at home I’m hardly ever on the internet for enjoyment, but to – not that I can’t fix the problems, but they have all of the passwords Work the way they’re supposed to and I’m married to my IT gurus at work Intensive computer user, but none of the operating systems and programs Mega corportaions with money just so that we can fill up more and moreįields in a computer program with data? By necessity, I am an Updating/upgrading faulty operating systems and feeding any number of SE) None of this lives up to its promise and falls short of theĮxpectations we have of it/them. It’s been that way since their first font manipulation app. ![]() (Anything made by Adobe wants to own your entire computer and Problem with all of this is, of course, that very little of it actually Silverlight, Flash, Adobe Reader, Java, Windows, iTunes? The It does at times seem that resistance is futile. Me? I gave in and installed it, just to remove one more Occasional reminder that you haven’t installed it. ChancesĪre that for now you won’t really notice any issues other than the So my bottom line: you can keep avoiding it, if you like. That’s a little frustrating, but sadly not terribly surprising. Offering it, even though Silverlight is most definitely installed. The site doesn’t believe that Silverlight is installed and keeps However, if you are visiting with FireFox 3, Running Internet Explorer all seems to be well. Kind “enhanced experience” if you have do it. Update, and by visiting sites that don’t require it, but promise some What I expect, though, is to be nagged into submission by Windows It to get the site’s functionality, and that’s fine. You may run into a site where you actually want to install My guess is that it’s simply going to become annoying. It wouldn’t surprise me if someday certain key features required At this point, it’s not a requirement, but Right there to install it as well, since Microsoft is naturally also You simply visit the Microsoft home page, you’ll likely be prompted ![]() Support on their machines so that website authors will be encouraged to Microsoft is of course pushing everyone to install Silverlight you can keep avoiding it, if you like.Ĭhances are that for now you won’t really notice any issues …” ![]()
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