Microsoft executives demonstrated applications installing seamlessly, without any prompts or dialog boxes. Gone were the prompt boxes asking the demonstrator if he really wanted to install the application. Click once, and the application installed and launched without any user intervention.

i appreciate the vision behind this. tools should be usable just by picking them up, like in the real world. i do not buy the line that “computer users ought to know about x”. without code signing and a body that rapidly revokes certificates for spyware and the like, this will sink faster than a grindstone. though, your spyware / adware is my revenue stream..

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