fractalnavel

must ?  must ?!  really ?  wtf ?

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update:

well, that was worth it:

• the "what's new" button above points to a non-existent webpage
• it insisted on installing updates for all live programs i have already installed - no choice.
• defaulted (again, and always) to wanting to install the live programs i do not want & had unchecked several previous times - and unchecked again. and why can't i get rid of live call ?  i never wanted it, it's not even an option, but it's there, all the same.
• contrary to the statement in the message box above, it had not downloaded a thing - it had to download everything before installing.
• had to close down basically everything to make this proceed - so twiddling thumbs is mandated for the 20 minutes this takes.
• so, when done -
  • live mail still hangs for sixty seconds on the calendar update, max cpu usage, until timing out and saying the calendar service couldn't be reached;
  • live writer still won't handle inserted picture options properly (tilt, watermark, etc. won't stay set), and still has issues with excerpt / slug;
  • live messenger is still barfing up old out of sequence messages from within prior active sessions that never originally were received.

the only new improved thing i noticed was the terms of service - larger and more inclusive than ever !  good thing i'm single, it wanted my first-born.

so, like, yeah, these new services / programs are pretty nice, but especially if being forced to update, why can't they fix their shit ?