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Perian

QuickTime plugin that plays many video formats.

Version: 1.1.4

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Update Check Pop-under is ANNOYING!

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Contributed by: libertyforall1776 Friday, May 09 2008 @ 03:16 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

Recommend Product: YES

What's with the Update Check Pop-under? It is ANNOYING, and hard to find -- the dialog giving you the status of the update check is not viewable until you move the System Preferences window! This is just bad design!

Otherwise it seems good.

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Update Check Pop-under is ANNOYING! - petrologist

VersionTracker will inform you instead. Perian is a plug-in, a (very) 'background' process. Macs, I believe, pop windows in front of the window that belongs to the process (in this case, no window).

However, it's critical to be informed as quickly as possible of updates, for Perian provides code that interacts directly with remote computers. Vulnerabilities in this code are of the greatest risk to your computer's security.

Sometimes annoyances are good.

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Friday, July 18 2008 @ 03:56 PM PDT