Comments on: Yahoo typical install includes additional software and other defaults http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Make You Go Hmm: » Google investors conference call on Dell deal AKA more stuff to remove from new computers http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-114362 Make You Go Hmm: » Google investors conference call on Dell deal AKA more stuff to remove from new computers Wed, 31 May 2006 19:53:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-114362 [...] Please keep your cliched Do No Evil handbook close by, Google. Yahoo has practically destroyed their software brand at least in our household by too many software installation shenanigans. [...] […] Please keep your cliched Do No Evil handbook close by, Google. Yahoo has practically destroyed their software brand at least in our household by too many software installation shenanigans. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Yahoo says “me too” on the DVR scene? http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-71377 Make You Go Hmm: » Yahoo says “me too” on the DVR scene? Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:43:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-71377 [...] Guess I’ll look to the comments and other bloggers/websites to educate me on why our household would need or want this software. It’s pretty sad commentary when I can’t be motivated to download something free. Just because it’s from Yahoo isn’t enough and in some respects is a diss since Yahoo tends to want to install other crap onto my system that I don’t want or need. [...] […] Guess I’ll look to the comments and other bloggers/websites to educate me on why our household would need or want this software. It’s pretty sad commentary when I can’t be motivated to download something free. Just because it’s from Yahoo isn’t enough and in some respects is a diss since Yahoo tends to want to install other crap onto my system that I don’t want or need. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » To be continued, and continued, Google Video oops http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-63852 Make You Go Hmm: » To be continued, and continued, Google Video oops Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:15:40 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-63852 [...] So many times defaults are taken for granted by companies. Head’s up to the powers that be: we can actually turn things on if we want to. [...] […] So many times defaults are taken for granted by companies. Head’s up to the powers that be: we can actually turn things on if we want to. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Yahoo Podcasts gives podcasters more free exposure http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-26228 Make You Go Hmm: » Yahoo Podcasts gives podcasters more free exposure Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:15:31 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-26228 [...] My Thoughts - search results were returned very slowwwwly and/or timed out. I had trouble logging in on one test machine (login is not required to use the service). This reminded me of Friday with Google’s new RSS reader. What is up with these big search companies releasing products — even as beta — that have slow search? That’s what they are supposed to be good at doing. There aren’t zillions of podcasts out there so there is no huge index issue, er excuse. Yeah, it’s beta, but come on it’s 3am here … I can’t make excuses for this one. Plug in a few more servers, please! - clicking “Listen” launches a popup to choose to listen in browser using Windows Media, Real or Quicktime in a wide variety of bandwidths (don’t forget to turn off the popup blocker). - clicking “Subscribe” first goes to a screen to explain how subscribing to a podcast works. Very nice, succint walkthrough with small, relevant screencaps. I noticed that my (older) Yahoo Music Engine on my test machine was buggy (kept crashing and restarting Windows) so I went and updated the software. Be sure to choose “custom install” and uncheck the software you don’t want. Guess that’s at least one advantage of releasing new services that interact with each other. [...] […] My Thoughts - search results were returned very slowwwwly and/or timed out. I had trouble logging in on one test machine (login is not required to use the service). This reminded me of Friday with Google’s new RSS reader. What is up with these big search companies releasing products — even as beta — that have slow search? That’s what they are supposed to be good at doing. There aren’t zillions of podcasts out there so there is no huge index issue, er excuse. Yeah, it’s beta, but come on it’s 3am here … I can’t make excuses for this one. Plug in a few more servers, please! - clicking “Listen” launches a popup to choose to listen in browser using Windows Media, Real or Quicktime in a wide variety of bandwidths (don’t forget to turn off the popup blocker). - clicking “Subscribe” first goes to a screen to explain how subscribing to a podcast works. Very nice, succint walkthrough with small, relevant screencaps. I noticed that my (older) Yahoo Music Engine on my test machine was buggy (kept crashing and restarting Windows) so I went and updated the software. Be sure to choose “custom install” and uncheck the software you don’t want. Guess that’s at least one advantage of releasing new services that interact with each other. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » BusinessWeek and Slashdot get context wrong, writes Zawodny http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-21905 Make You Go Hmm: » BusinessWeek and Slashdot get context wrong, writes Zawodny Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:13:32 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-21905 [...] This is especially important and relevant when attributing quotes, meaning and context to something that was never suggested like the brief, but ardent exchange I had with Jeremy Zawodny on Yahoo’s software installation practices a couple weeks ago. Jeremy revisited the situation yesterday when he discovered his words had been twisted: Big shock, huh? Slashdot, known for their world-class editorial standards, cited the recent BusinessWeek story about Yahoo and decided that I was complaining about Yahoo! supporting adware. [...] […] This is especially important and relevant when attributing quotes, meaning and context to something that was never suggested like the brief, but ardent exchange I had with Jeremy Zawodny on Yahoo’s software installation practices a couple weeks ago. Jeremy revisited the situation yesterday when he discovered his words had been twisted: Big shock, huh? Slashdot, known for their world-class editorial standards, cited the recent BusinessWeek story about Yahoo and decided that I was complaining about Yahoo! supporting adware. […]

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-17875 TDavid Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:49:44 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-17875 Thank you for the response, Jeremy. It's good to know that this practice is not wholly embraced over there. Hopefully the company will acknowledge that this practice is wrong and work to alter this practice in the future. Thank you for the response, Jeremy. It’s good to know that this practice is not wholly embraced over there. Hopefully the company will acknowledge that this practice is wrong and work to alter this practice in the future.

]]> By: Jeremy Zawodny's blog http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-17869 Jeremy Zawodny's blog Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:54:24 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-17869 <strong>No, you may not change my f'ing home page!</strong> In CNet's article Yahoo IM users get more than they bargained for: If you're one of the tens of millions of Yahoo users asked to upgrade your instant-messaging software this week, be on your toes: The update can open the door to unwanted PC housegues... No, you may not change my f’ing home page!

In CNet’s article Yahoo IM users get more than they bargained for: If you’re one of the tens of millions of Yahoo users asked to upgrade your instant-messaging software this week, be on your toes: The update can open the door to unwanted PC housegues…

]]> By: Jeremy Zawodny http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-17868 Jeremy Zawodny Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:40:59 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050901/2324/#comment-17868 http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005121.html http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005121.html

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