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Is Y! Messenger becoming as obnoxious as Real Player?
One of the things that really ticked me off in the late 90's and early 2000 was the way Real Media used to infect every aspect of my PC when I tried to view a Real Media video. This was during the time Microsoft was making a aggressive all-out assault on Real Media.
The last few times I have upgraded my Yahoo IM client I have had the same problems. Today when I upgraded it not only put a Yahoo Toolbar on my Firefox browser, it also put Yahoo! in the menu bar.
Yahoo! must have anticipated this would seriously piss people off, because they put the uninstall very prominently on the Menubar item. I was quickly able to uninstall this. The toolbar was not as simple as simply unchecking VIEW TOOLBAR ITEMS in the VIEW menu. I had to go into the toolbar settings to do an uninstall.
I know there will be a time in the future that Google will be just as evil - despite their "Don't be evil" mantra. But for now I am almost inclined to completely do away with Y! Messenger entirely.
EDITORIAL: MacromediAdobe - Where do I sign up?
When I heard the news for the first time that Macromedia was being bought by Adobe, I must admit I was a bit sad. I have been on the Macromedia bus from the beginning. I moved from Photoshop to Fireworks in the late 90s and to this day have hardly ever used Photoshop. Though an extremely successful company with many successful products, Macromedia seemed like an underdog in a lot of respects. They did not have the storied history of Adobe, and did not have the windfall of cash that Microsoft had. Yet their passion for creating easy-to-use but powerful applications - and even making them a bit sexy - was almost irresistable.
Personally, I feel this deal will be good for developers. Why?
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