>No, but consumers should ALWAYS have the option to "opt in" rather than >"opt out". Leave the stupid check boxes _unchecked_ unless someone opts to >check them when installing updates. Having all the boxes checked >automatically is pushy marketing...something I will always shy away from.
Over twenty years ago Apple made a quiet innovation. When presenting a dialog box full of check boxes, radio buttons, and menus they took the trouble to make all the initial settings the most likely settings. This broke from the earlier tradition of always presenting the user with the most unlikely and destructive settings pre-checked. I don't think Apple's change was a bad one. I think that Apple's updater has pre-checked what a typical person would want to check. Why should they cater their settings to please a small number of Apple haters? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
