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From: Franklin on 1 Jan 2010 09:25 Wheel wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> Wheel <tyre(a)hub.axle> wrote in news:Kp8%m.17601$jj1.9941(a)newsfe12.ams2: >> >>> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>> Bear Bottoms <REMOVEbearbottoms1(a)gmail.com> wrote in >>>> news:Xns9CF282D6D9821bearbottoms1gmailcom(a)69.16.185.247: >>>> >>>>> Very strange behavior though. >>>> Running Chrome.exe also causes a new folder named 1.3.4.0 of >>>> virtually the same size as the folder 1.3.3.0 >>>> >>>> Very strange goings on indeed. >>>> >>> That's because you have allowed it to upgrade to the current version >>> v1.3.4.0 >>> >> >> I did nothing other than run the chrome.exe...the rest it did on its >> own. Even your comments are strange to me. I didn't ALLOW anything. >> There are reasons why these things are happening...certainly, but you >> resist my comments until deathly proven then relent. Go with it...the >> events as I described them since our first discussion of this are >> factual. >> >> Let me retrace for you. 1. Unzip to a folder 2. Place a file named >> First Run (no extension) in the folder with chrome.exe 3. Put the >> entire folder on a USB stick 4. Ran chrome.exe on a computer that never >> had chrome installed on it. >> >> The browser opened, but a folder 1.3.4.0 and file new_chrome.exe was >> created when chrome.exe was run. >> >> I closed the browser and reopened it. A file named old_chrome.exe >> replaced the file new_chrome.exe >> >> No dialog boxes were offered. >> > > I do not allow any program to call out when first run until I do some > configuring. Auto-Update is set by default, which tends to execute as > soon as the program is loaded. > > I configure and run my machine in a very restricted manner and will not > allow this program to auto-update itself. > > All I can say is: Since the start of this exchange the program has been > updated, as can be verified on the site. I assume the folder 1.3.4.0 and > the replacement of the executable is related to this. I won't go there. > > You must know I'm a bit of a tweaker, hence, preferring highly > configurable programs that can be integrated into my system or tight > single purpose utilities. > > I don't like 'Chrome', it's too big and not easily controlled, > preferring 'Opera Portable', which is smaller, just as fast, and has > modes of operation that compliment my main browser. > > I only entertained 'ChromePlus' for reasons already stated; it will soon > be discarded. > > Because we operate our machines differently, all I can say is it hasn't > happened to me. If you find Chrome too complicated then leave it alone.
From: Franklin on 1 Jan 2010 09:26 Wheel wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> Wheel <tyre(a)hub.axle> wrote in news:Kp8%m.17601$jj1.9941(a)newsfe12.ams2: >> >>> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>> Bear Bottoms <REMOVEbearbottoms1(a)gmail.com> wrote in >>>> news:Xns9CF282D6D9821bearbottoms1gmailcom(a)69.16.185.247: >>>> >>>>> Very strange behavior though. >>>> Running Chrome.exe also causes a new folder named 1.3.4.0 of >>>> virtually the same size as the folder 1.3.3.0 >>>> >>>> Very strange goings on indeed. >>>> >>> That's because you have allowed it to upgrade to the current version >>> v1.3.4.0 >>> >> >> I did nothing other than run the chrome.exe...the rest it did on its >> own. Even your comments are strange to me. I didn't ALLOW anything. >> There are reasons why these things are happening...certainly, but you >> resist my comments until deathly proven then relent. Go with it...the >> events as I described them since our first discussion of this are >> factual. >> >> Let me retrace for you. 1. Unzip to a folder 2. Place a file named >> First Run (no extension) in the folder with chrome.exe 3. Put the >> entire folder on a USB stick 4. Ran chrome.exe on a computer that never >> had chrome installed on it. >> >> The browser opened, but a folder 1.3.4.0 and file new_chrome.exe was >> created when chrome.exe was run. >> >> I closed the browser and reopened it. A file named old_chrome.exe >> replaced the file new_chrome.exe >> >> No dialog boxes were offered. >> > > I do not allow any program to call out when first run until I do some > configuring. Auto-Update is set by default, which tends to execute as > soon as the program is loaded. > > I configure and run my machine in a very restricted manner and will not > allow this program to auto-update itself. > > All I can say is: Since the start of this exchange the program has been > updated, as can be verified on the site. I assume the folder 1.3.4.0 and > the replacement of the executable is related to this. I won't go there. > > You must know I'm a bit of a tweaker, hence, preferring highly > configurable programs that can be integrated into my system or tight > single purpose utilities. > > I don't like 'Chrome', it's too big and not easily controlled, > preferring 'Opera Portable', which is smaller, just as fast, and has > modes of operation that compliment my main browser. > > I only entertained 'ChromePlus' for reasons already stated; it will soon > be discarded. > > Because we operate our machines differently, all I can say is it hasn't > happened to me. Nice analysis. Your patient explanation is starting to sound like a Donna Ohl thread.
From: Franklin on 1 Jan 2010 09:27 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Bob Adkins <me(a)pit.com> wrote in > news:5v4qj59fj2g7d35t6u7pk3b285hc720kr4@ 4ax.com: > >> On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:46:04 GMT, Bear Bottoms >> <REMOVEbearbottoms1(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>hummingbird <hummingb�rd(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in >>>news:1d5b5363cdcaade7e9ff9e913ee5153f(a)aracari.127.0.0.1: >>> >>>> Do you know if this zipped version is a portable version of >>>> ChromePlus or does it just have an installer inside?: >>>> >>>> http://www.chromeplus.org/update/ChromePlus1.3.3.0.zip >>>> >>>> >>> >>>It is an upgrade installer. >> >> Actually, it's portable Bear. I just unzip it to any folder and run >> it. >> > > LOL...look at the discussion going on with Wheel. > > Had you ever installed Chrome on the computer you used to test this? I > think the exe looks for a file and if it doesn't find it...it behaves > differently. It is doing so on my computer which already has chrome on > it. You can read Wheels comments and my progression to see what I've > done since then. Bottoms, you hit this problem because you probably "reformatted the disk and reinstalled windows" before trying this version of Chrome. If most Bearware apps were better tested, you wouldn't need to keep reformatting so often.
From: N4469P on 1 Jan 2010 13:59
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:05:57 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: > That's fine. Not happening to you doesn't mean it doesn't happen. the brilliance... |