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From: John McWilliams on 19 Feb 2010 12:13
Tom Harrington wrote:
> In article <me-9FD98C.07312519022010(a)news.supernews.com>,
> Dan <me(a)here.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <1je6st6.11rsc3q1wwwl9qN%jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz>,
>> jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>>
>>> But I remember having a choice about iTunes for Windows being made the
>>> default player. I'm sure I do.
>>>
>>> So what's the story? FUD or not?
>> Its FUD. It asks on install, but I always decline it. I want Media
>> Player to be my default player. I only use Itunes for internet radio.
>> Everything else is handled just fine by WMP 12
>
> Lots of people blindly click "OK" on any message that pops up on their
> screen, which would lead to them granting permission even though they
> haven't read the message they're agreeing to.



Bingo!
This FUD has been on for years, starting with Quicktime when it was made
available for Doze.

--
john mcwilliams
From: Wes Groleau on 23 Feb 2010 00:56
Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> some people tell me iTunes for Windows is a "fascist application" that
> takes over media player preferences. This didn't seem quite right to me.

iTunes, like _many_ programs on both Mac and Windows, ASKS during
installation whether it should be default for files of type _____

If you say 'no' it (unlike AOL) does not do it anyway.

Does that make it fascist?

iTunes DOES install Apple Software Update without asking.

--
Wes Groleau

Rant on using folk wisdom in the classroom
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1015
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