Mortal Software Sins #485

[jducoeur]

Thou shalt not, upon installing thy software, force thy users to close their programs, save that thou hast given them due notice that it shall be done. And may we all say, "Amen".

(Proving that even Apple has UI weaknesses. I do not appreciate it when updating QuickTime shuts down my Firefox session. I appreciate it even less when it pops up the dialog box saying "All QuickTime applications will be shut down", with a nice Cancel button, *after* it has already closed the program...)

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[jducoeur]

Windows XP, fairly conventional and current setup. The fact that it closed Firefox before telling me is presumably simply a bug; the fact that it didn't warn me in Big Bold Letters in advance that it was going to have that effect is a design flaw...