Why is it every Tom, Dick and Plugin think they can reside in my Taskbar? After repaving this box 6 weeks ago I installed the Real Player plugin yesterday because I wanted to catch a clip of Howard Dean on Letterman on 10/13. Now a day later, after having forgotten I installed the plugin, it pops up from my taskbar.
Hey, Dick, taskbar residence is by invitation only. The player install never mentioned it was going to take out a lease, not that I noticed anyway. Of course, it may have been programmed to ask after the form that asked for my email, address, age and zip code, which is when I stopped playing (no pun intended.) Then when I did turn off notifications (at least there was a preferences menu option) I get the dreaded WARNING! message. Nice.
Since I'm currently building a Windows app (with taskbar support--optional...) I am extra-sensitive to aggressive behavior, especially when we're talking about browser plugins. And as the minister said in The Big Chill, "this is one of those times."
