MCBastos wrote:
Interviewed by CNN on 22/06/2011 10:08, Daniel told the world:
Tonight, I started my computer up in its Windows 7 profile, because it
had been a while since I had gotten the MS updates. It then (before I
had gotten to the desktop) installed about 12,500 updates of registry
keys, etc.
Then a re-boot into Win7 again, and I was being offered to install
RealPlayer and was given the option to make Chrome my default browser,
which I de-selected.
Just for something to do, I selected Help->About SeaMonkey and
Help->About Plug-ins, and, in the Plug-ins listing, I noticed
RealNetworks(tm) RealPlayer Chrome Background Extension Plug-In (32-bit)
Does this mean I've ended up with a bit of Chrome being installed even
though I de-selected it during the RealPlayer installation.
Well, first, this is a RealPlayer question, not a Seamonkey question.
But anyway...
Second, I strongly doubt that you got offered RealPlayer as part of the
Microsoft updates. What probably happened is that RealPlayer's own
autoupdate took the opportunity to download its own version.
Third, no, I wouldn't call the "Chrome Background Extension Plug-In" as
"a part of Chrome." What it means is that RealPlayer has made available
in your computer a plug-in to integrate itself on Chrome. If you later
decide you do want to install Chrome, it will (probably) autodetect the
plugin, saving you the work of re-installing RealPlayer.
This is not an unprecedented behavior in major plugins; Adobe's Flash
and Adobe Reader both install their plugins in a general Windows
location and publish their existence in the Registry, for instance -- so
if you later install a new browser, they will work from the get-go. Some
antivirus packages will also "pre-install" browser extensions (toolbars
and such). Yes, it's intrusive. Yes, it's borderline foistware.
OTOH, it makes the life easier for millions of non-technical users, who
expect their new browser to be able to handle PDFs and RealMedia --
"after all, they had already installed Adobe Reader and RealPlayer,
didn't they? It worked perfectly with IE..." So, in a way, this helps
alternative browser distributors, since the the new browser has better
functionality from the start.
Thanks for this reply, McBastos.
You know, I never even thought about this as not being a SeaMonkey
problem, possibly because I must have been using SeaMonkey when the RP
upgrade was downloaded.....well, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!!
--
Daniel
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