From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2011-06-12T02:30:35+09:00
Subject: Re: BARRIER - require "rubygems"

2011/6/11 Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com>:
>
> Back to topic: please ask some product manager that you trust about
> the basic installer requirement that I've mentioned (it's not my
> requirement, but a general one).

Here is a quote from Microsoft's UX design guidelines:
"Don't force users to opt out of installing optional features. Allow
them to opt in instead. For example, users should explicitly choose to
install a Windows Desktop Gadget."

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee915058.aspx

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Phillip Gawlowski

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