Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently?

Subject	Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently?
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
References	(9 earlier) <2015090416222552186-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <DIqdnUEXN99_q3fInZ2dnUU7-eWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <040920152100284937%nospam@nospam.invalid> <6ZidnYs_utIfa3fInZ2dnUU7-U-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <slrnmuncc7.213c.g.kreme@amelia.local>
From	Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date	2015-09-06 11:29 -0400
Message-ID	<XaednQcHwOFGxnHInZ2dnUU7-e-dnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink)

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On 2015-09-05 23:20, Lewis wrote:
> In message <6ZidnYs_utIfa3fInZ2dnUU7-U-dnZ2d@giganews.com>
>    Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015-09-04 21:00, nospam wrote:
>>> In article <DIqdnUEXN99_q3fInZ2dnUU7-eWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
>>> <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> All I can say is, you must have an awful lot of virgin memory cards.
>>>>> So far with 7 SDHC cards, and 12 CF cards from three different cameras,
>>>>> I have not had Photos auto-open after making the fix as I previously
>>>>> described.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you also uncheck the "Open Photos for this device" on the Photos
>>>>> primary import page, below the the alleged "import" tool bar?
>>>>
>>>> Of course.  The point is I hate programs that launch just because
>>>> something has been hooked up.  Make it an option.  Default is okay - as
>>>> long as I can disable it on _my_ computer.
>>>
>>> you can disable it per device.
>>>
>>> most people have one, maybe two cameras, making it a non-issue for
>>> nearly everyone.
>
>> It's poor design.  Period.
>
> No, it's actually not. Just because it is not what YOU want doesn't make
> it poor design.

Utility s/w that can't be disabled in a simple manner on a general 
purpose computer is bad design.

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Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-03 12:08 -0400
  Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-09-03 09:44 -0700
    Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-09-03 09:48 -0700
    Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-03 12:53 -0400
      Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-09-03 10:55 -0700
        Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-09-03 11:00 -0700
        Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 08:17 -0400
      Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-03 19:33 +0100
      Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-09-03 18:56 +0000
        Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 08:20 -0400
          Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-09-04 14:37 +0000
          Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-04 14:56 +0000
            Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 16:37 -0400
              Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 16:47 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-06 12:11 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-06 12:32 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-08 16:29 -0400
  Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-03 14:50 -0400
    Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 08:19 -0400
      Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 08:31 -0400
        Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 08:33 -0400
          Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 08:38 -0400
            Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 16:36 -0400
              Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 16:47 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 18:47 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-09-04 16:22 -0700
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 20:27 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 21:00 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-05 10:04 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-09-06 03:20 +0000
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-06 11:29 -0400
                Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-06 11:43 -0400
              Re: Prevent Photos from opening - permanently? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-04 22:44 +0100

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