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Who wants to install spyware?

by Volker Weber

Maybe this is holding up adoption of Internet Explorer 7.

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Comments

Perhaps they thought the spiffy lens flare on the dialog box would distract you from the privacy intrusion.

Jeff Chausse, 2006-11-05 01:39

Wow, that's not even a good lens flare.

Better see Chris Linfoot's article before proceeding.

Eric Parsons, 2006-11-05 03:23

I think incompatibility to Mac OS X is holding me back.

Moritz Petersen, 2006-11-05 10:48

Well, Eric, my article has less to do with privacy than one other factor - the deep embedding of the browser in the base OS, leading to unexpected and unintended consequences for some third party, non-browser apps...

Chris Linfoot, 2006-11-05 10:48

Lexware has also warned their customers not to "upgrade" to IE7. It appears that too many ISVs have built their application on Internet Explorer, only to see them fail when a new version comes out.

Volker Weber, 2006-11-05 13:38

I cannot install IE 7 cause I am not using original xp ..

Hans Meyer, 2006-11-05 17:39

Also Spyware ist das für mich nicht. Genuine Advantage gibts ja auch nicht gerade erst seit gestern -- ist doch nur die logische Fortsetzung der Produktaktivierung. Früher konnte sich M$ die Raubkopien halt noch leisten, heute dämmen sie sie allmählich ein. Was ich legitim finde...

Thomas Cloer, 2006-11-05 18:15

>I cannot install IE 7 cause I am not using original xp ..

Oooooh - better be careful before those lawyer gnomes find you... Stuff like this keeps floating around for years on the internet you know...

Alex Boschmans, 2006-11-06 09:49

Alex, why do you think Hans is using a pirate version of XP? Did he say he's using XP at all?

For me, Firefox 2.0 and many issues with IE in general keep me away from IE 7. I haven't used IE as a regular browser in ages, only few sites which don't work in other browsers but which I need for work make me use IE...

Ragnar Schierholz, 2006-11-06 12:05

Ragnar, unfortunatly the only reasons for using IE in the last year are some of the IBM sites. Otherwise I would not have used it in ages, too.

Alexander Kluge, 2006-11-06 12:29

I installed IE7, and simply don't like it. It's just awkward to me.

Charles Robinson, 2006-11-06 19:31

I just love how IE 7 comes up in the Auto Update list along with all of the critical security patches.

Mike Jeppesen, 2006-11-06 23:04

Thank you, Ragner :-)

Hans Meyer, 2006-11-07 23:12