As much as I like iTunes, I wholeheartedly agree. It sort of made sense to install QuickTime when installing iTunes because QuickTime contains the actual media playing code. Heck, there's so much code in QuickTime that they could practically port the entire OS by just requiring QuickTime. But to go the other way and require iTunes to be installed with QuickTime is just nuts. (At least it makes more sense though than the Yahoo toolbar installed with Flash Player.)
Fortunately though, and this is one of my HUGE gripes with WMP. With QuickTime/iTunes, if I'm listening to something on iTunes and someone sends me a link to a quicktime vid, it's not going to screw up my music playback. They'll just play simultaneously. As for email address, I've always been able to just ignore that and just download anyway. On 10/28/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just needed to see one Quicktime movie. > > To download it I have to give me email address. Three separate mailing > lists are pre-checked at this point. > > But, joy, I've got to download all of iTunes and all of Quicktime! It's a > mere 32 meg installer. There's no way anymore (at least that I could see) > to install just the Quicktime browser plug-in. > > Then I tell it NOT to create desktop shortcuts or take over extensions or > anything else - but it still creates multiple quick launch shortcuts and > adds several start-up registry keys. > > Without asking in installs a QuickTime launcher to the system tray. > > Then, when it's all done, it closes my browser (and all the other open > windows I had). > > I've now got three new folders in Program Files: "iPod" (I don't own an > iPod), "iTunes" (I don't like iTunes) and "QuickTime". All these folders > together run just shy of 100 meg. > > I look and, lo and behold while there was no option to only install > Quicktime there's separate options to uninstall iTunes and Quicktime. > (although the start menu folder for Quicktime features an "uninstall" > shortcut the iTunes folder does not.) > > Just to play one freakin;' little video online. > > Sorry guys - I know, each to his own. But I just wanted to vent. > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178692 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
