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= Morgan the Microsoft-Lover =
= Morgan the Microsoft-Lover =


Morgan LOVES Internet Explorer; she refuses to install Firefox on principle that Microsoft should Own The Web. However, he is a minesweeper freak and HAS to have this new hexagonal minesweeper. He clicks the "download" link, and an IE dialog asks her if she trusts this .exe. She has gotten so used to clicking "run" that she doesn't even read the dialog. The following dialog appears:
Morgan LOVES Internet Explorer; she refuses to install Firefox on principle that Microsoft should Own The Web. However, she is a minesweeper freak and HAS to have this new hexagonal minesweeper. She clicks the "download" link, and an IE dialog asks her if she trusts this .exe. She has gotten so used to clicking "run" that she doesn't even read the dialog. The following dialog appears:


Technical note: the link tries to run an xpinstall InstallTrigger javascript, but Internet Explorer doesn't do xpinstall. As a fallback, Sarah ends up downloading an executable file.
Technical note: the link tries to run an xpinstall InstallTrigger javascript, but Internet Explorer doesn't do xpinstall. As a fallback, Sarah ends up downloading an executable file.
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