Opera was installed how?
So this morning I fired up my iMac at work to continue on with editing this PHP form I have been working on. Now I usually use TextMate for my daily editor, since it is very lightweight.
Since I hadn’t actually created a TextMate project file, I just selected all the files and opened them using “Open With” in the context menu. Now normally I ignore the fact that I see the Opera browser listed in the menu, but now I saw it twice. I decided to find out where they live.
Turns out that the most updated versions of Adobe Device Central CS4 and Adobe Bridge CS4 contain Opera in the application package bundles. Opera version 9.27 is inside the Adobe Bridge CS4 application bundle while Opera version 9.20 is inside the Device Central CS4 application bundle.
I can understand why Adobe might need to ship Opera inside their application bundles to make their apps work, but I really wish that the Mac OS wouldn’t see them as usable outside the Adobe usage.
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Maybe delete the one in the Adobe package and replace it with a symlink to the external app?
The point is not whether the Opera install exists in the package or that it “overrides” any defaults, the problem is that it exists at all.
I could see including a browser in your package if the system had no browser installed, but almost any Mac these days is going to have at least Safari installed.
What really irks me though, is the fact that Spotlight is recognizing the existence of the “hidden” browser in the context menu choice.
1 – It installs two Opera Versions, 9.xx and 9.xx.
2 – Adobe Uninstaller doesn’t remove them, locate the fiels and use appzapper instead of the uninstaller.
3 – Tell Adobe their brainwork is leaking.
While the Adobe Uninstaller doesn’t remove them, appzapper isn’t really much use either. What we don’t know is the “why” behind the inclusion of the versions of Opera in the Adobe applications.
I can see it being necessary depending on how the apps are written, but I would definitely not recommend removing them from the internal resources of the application bundle without knowing what they are used for.
The “why” behind the inclusion might be bucks to adobe to include them.
The another, and more “humanitarian and desinterestedly” “why” behind the inclusion is including Opera as another test bench in Dreamweaver.
For the same reason I don’t undertand why don’t they embed Mosaic, Netscape, all Shiternet Explorer versions as well as Android and Symbian browsers, maybe because they werent available at the time in Adobe’s bank account.
Who knows.
While the Adobe Uninstaller doesn't remove them, appzapper isn't really much use either. What we don't know is the "why" behind the inclusion of the versions of Opera in the Adobe applications.
I can see it being necessary depending on how the apps are written, but I would definitely not recommend removing them from the internal resources of the application bundle without knowing what they are used for.; While the Adobe Uninstaller doesn't remove them, appzapper isn't really much use either. What we don't know is the "why" behind the inclusion of the versions of Opera in the Adobe applications.
I can see it being necessary depending on how the apps are written, but I would definitely not recommend removing them from the internal resources of the application bundle without knowing what they are used for.;;