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From: Tannie
Subject: installers
Date: 14:05 on 05 Aug 2004
I install programs. I think most users do.

Lately I've started hating installer programs.

The kind that pops up and says "Program installed!" without telling you 
where it was installed (or what).

The kind that pops up, asks you where to install and then installs 
somewhere else.

The kind that installs and all works well untill you want to remove the 
program so you run the installer again, expecting an uninstall option 
in there, but no! You are not allowed to un-install! You must run this 
program even if it messes up your Mail.app!
What's even more hateful is that the documentation and/or manual don't 
tell you either.

Bah! Every installer should have a un-installer! It is very hateful to 
be digging through many many files to find the ones the program 
created. Grr.

--
Tanja

... Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go 
away. 

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