Comments on: Hijacking a User’s Default Browser is Never Acceptable. Repeat, Never.

By: JDoors

JDoors — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:04:23 +0000

adorno: “No, get over it. W7 is supposed to be [ed. at least, Microsoft is ENCOURAGING] a clean install, so there are no competing browsers or anything on the system …”

Doh! Good explanation. Still smacks of thuggish 1990’s style marketing (hence my previous AOL comment), but at least you made a case for it this time.

Must be tough to market ANYTHING in this day and age what with millions of people picking nits.

By: | Marius Sescu

| Marius Sescu — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:37:29 +0000

[...] Insa, indiferent de browserul folosit inainte, cand ai terminat updagre-ul te trezesti cu Internet Explorer setat ca browserul implicit. PR misto de la Microsoft, [...]

By: adorno

adorno — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:32:07 +0000

No, get over it. W7 is supposed to be a clean install, so there are no competing browsers or anything on the system, so defaulting to IE is indeed, express.

Once your Windows is completely installed and you then download your browser of choice, then you can select which to default.

By: TIm F.

TIm F. — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:54:06 +0000

“Can we all agree that this needs to be changed for the final version of the OS?”

Why wait? Microsoft is already pushing it out to XP, Vista, and RC systems as a critical update.

It’s a highly flawed install experience. 7 click-throughs at least of No, Yes, No, Custom for the minimal preferred experience. Very cute how they tuck in selecting an alternative default search engine on a separate tab between a MSN tab and an IE 8 Welcome screen tab.

Prettier than runonce… and sneakier too. (Who knew you could miss the runonce screen?)

By: IcyFog

IcyFog — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:37:10 +0000

I can agree I will not use Windows 7 unless forced to by my employer.

By: JDoors

JDoors — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:57:01 +0000

Do they also offer a free trial of AOL?