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yabunApr 3rd 2008 9:18AM

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I agree with alienvenom that execution with too much ease might not be the best for security and keeping crapware off a computer. And, it's just as easy to hit 'Save', then the Downloads window pops up and when its done, click 'Open'. One extra click and you get a couple seconds to re-think whether you should really be running the file. Plus the file gets downloaded to the usual download folder. It's really not that hard.

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(Unverified)Jun 17th 2008 5:34PM

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First off about the security risk: I don't get it. 1. It's an add-on, so it can be added to specific profiles if we're worried about security. 2. If someone wants to run malware, they're gonna run it regardless.

Secondly, I don't think you guys understand a subtle difference with the way this works. This is the issue: Sometimes you just don't want to save files. Sometimes I want to download an update for something and run it once and be done. So the best place for this is in the tmp folder. Then you don't have to go run constant clean up in your main downloads folder.

Add-ons are about choice. If it doesn't fit your choice, don't add it on.

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