Progress?

I'm hardly the only one who wonders many tiny cons in the software development.

Windows 7 lost some useful features which XP had. I often changed the sort criteria when multiple items were selected, without loosing the selections.

Nokia's mobile explorer had a choice to use the bookmarks as a start page. Recent explorer offers empty page as a choice, which means one more click.

Missing Messenger in Nokia 5800

Nokia 5800 was shipped with the Live Messenger originally. After a software update the Messenger is missing, but the Hotmail account was left with the question mark on an blue background. This account has not even been able to be removed.

Recently I tried the WindowsLiveS60 application (Windows Live for Series 60 3rd, 1.0.6164). At first I tried to install the dep.sisx, but the installation ended in an error message. Then I installed the WindowsLive.sis package without any problems. Hotmail account had been removed, even though I didn't start the program. Finally, I removed the WindowsLive.sis package.

Adobe's installation problems

Adobe Flash Player and Reader software installations have caused problems in the past, already. Often Flash Player installation had to be done couple of times. Reader installation with a download manager and Nosso is heavy.

Previously, the clearest way has been first download the installation program and then install it separately. For example, Firefox does not attempt to install on your own. As of Flash Player version 10.3.183.5 only a stub is for download on Adobe’s website directly, which stub then would apply for the actual installation, unless that stub wouldn’t fail with a proxy server.