gHacks technology news » custom installation http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Are You A Next Next Next Guy? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/21/are-you-a-next-next-next-guy/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/21/are-you-a-next-next-next-guy/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:12:37 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5490 Show me your desktop and I tell you who you are. If this line sounds vaguely familiar you might know where I’m heading with the initial question. A computer user belongs to the Next Next Next generation if Next Next Next describes his actions when installing software on a computer system.

Those users usually install a bunch of crapware on their system because of the way they install software. This includes toolbars, new homepages, desktop shortcuts to tempting offers and basically everything that is not needed to run an application. Yes, that includes the Do you mind if we track your use of our program and transfer the data to our main server to analyse it options.

To make a valid point somewhere in this article. A lot of problems with computers could vanish over night if users would opt for custom installations more often. They would discover a wealth of options and features that they could uncheck before installation to reduce system load, increase system resources and have a overall better computer experience.

So what is it. Are you a next next next guy ?

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