In fact, the install/upgrade Earth form has two checkboxes, one agreeing to install Chrome, the second about making it your default browser. It is still reasonable to argue about:
a) whether they should be there b) how prominent they should be c) whether they should be checked or un-checked by default -Tim On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never known Google to try to force any product or service on anyone > (except the stuff that happened when they introduced Buzz to Gmail), so > I have a hard time believing there wasn't an option somewhere to not > install Chrome when installing Google Earth. I think they learned their > lesson with Buzz. Matter of fact, I think I'll install Earth on this > machine and see what happens. I won't eat my hat if I'm wrong, though. > ;) > > John > > -- > http://www.jacelio.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: OT - Google is no longer my friend > From: "Bob W" <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, March 14, 2011 1:40 am > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > >> >> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:22 +0100, "Luka Knezevic-Strika" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > chrome is by far the most stable and least resource hungry browser, >> if >> > that is a little redeeming. >> >> >> The install also added a Chrome shortcut to my Quick Launch toolbar - >> again without asking. >> >> If this Wikipedia article is to be believed, Chrome is rapidly gaining >> on both Firefox and IE in web usage share. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers >> >> Perhaps, Google's download/install methods have something to do with >> it. >> I think I'll stick with Firefox. > > I use Chrome, it's pretty good. But I chose to use it, I didn't have it > forced on me by Google. They are really being stupid by forcing it on > people. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
