Too Many Toolbars, too little resources and too little time…

Yes, I’m about to rant. But I bet more than a few of my readers may have the same opinion.

 Too many damn toolbars for Internet Explorer (web browser). I was working on a boat the other day on the computer and I needed to get to Favorites … there was no Internet, because well it’s a boat - a yacht - and that’s what I was working on fixing. Because of so many tool bars in IE I almost couldn’t find Favorites to bookmark a router box that I changed the I.P. Address to.

Which leads me to … every company it seems wants to install a damned toolbar. Either theirs or Yahoo’s or Google’s. No I always tell new software installation, no I don’t want yet another toolbar. Another toolbar to block popups which IE already does. Another tool bar to allow bookmarking of favorites but you have to log in online to use it. No thanks IE bookmarks favorites just fine for me. (Did I say I don’t like Cloud Computing?) Another tool bar that makes getting to your email oh so much easier. Thanks but no thanks … I know how to get to my email just fine without any additional help.

If I want a toolbar or any other kind of help that a toolbar gives I’ll consider it. If I want a toolbar I’ll search for one and install it … meanwhile leave my computer alone (see other rant someone else did - in my blog - about Just who’s computer is this anyway????)

But our software (or feature, or bullshit) will stop functioning if you unistall our toolbar. So what. I’m sure gonna miss you - but I don’t need any more conditions (spyware, etc.) to using software.

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Alan Spicer

Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

http://www.marinetelecom.net

http://www.wifiyacht.net

+1 954-683-3426

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