Ryan J. Allen » mac http://www.ryanjallen.net/blog Everything RJA Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:20:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Annoying Windows Installers (and Parallels for Mac) http://www.ryanjallen.net/blog/2010/01/31/annoying-windows-installers-and-parallels-for-mac/ http://www.ryanjallen.net/blog/2010/01/31/annoying-windows-installers-and-parallels-for-mac/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:58:35 +0000 Ryan J. Allen http://www.ryanjallen.net/blog/?p=1772 Have you ever noticed a tendency for Windows application developers to assume that their software is the One True Reason that you have a computer? It puts an icon on your desktop, in your quick launch bar, at the top of the Start menu, and in a new program group in the Programs folder. [...]]]> Have you ever noticed a tendency for Windows application developers to assume that their software is the One True Reason that you have a computer? It puts an icon on your desktop, in your quick launch bar, at the top of the Start menu, and in a new program group in the Programs folder. Not only that but it also adds itself to system startup so that it runs everytime your computer boots. Oh, and it also takes over all applicable file type associations, and maybe even installs a web browser plug-in and/or Windows explorer shell extension.

I installed Parallels Desktop on my iMac today and it gave me a similar experience, especially after I installed my first virtual machine. Icon on the desktop, added an item to the dock, running in the menubar, automatically sharing folders. I want to slap the company and say “your software is not that important to me”. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.

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