Kill Launchpad?

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[Melih]

Melih, what if CLP morphed into CMC? Hmmmmm?

ewen :-)

Well it sounds natural for it do that.
we are also thinking about having a Comodo Security Center which can manage all the apps from one window and can be managed remotely etc etc.
Keep'em comin.

Melih

[DoomScythe]

Hi,

Ahhh, my first post.  That goes without saying that I'm new and please correct me if I'm wrong.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate Comodo for taking such a bold step, that is, making all of its security products free for Home Users (no Pro or Premium or Golden or Platinium version). I was sceptical initially as having been using the Internet for 5 years, I would be very careful whenever I come to a GOOD AND FREE product. I spent close to 10 hours researching about Comodo on the Web (that means going to PC Mag, CNet, other review sites and also Spyware and Virus sites) and another 4-5 hours just reading Comodo forums before making this post. I should say that I am very pleased with Comodo's strategy of giving GREAT products away FREE. It's been a long time since I last stumbled upon a gem in the Internet.

I think I should say that I'm just an average home user and reading the CMC thread provided above really got my head spinning ( my knowledge on Networking is close to nil  ).

Now to my 2 cents worth. If I understand correctly, CMC is a management center for a bunch of networked computers. CMC will reside in a Master computer and CMC is still in the stage of planning (to determine whether Comodo should charge users for having them). If my understanding is correct, then I would oppose replacing CLP with CMC as the latter is a much more complex management center.

As a home user, I think CLP works just fine for me. But I would like it better if (as stated by other users) CLP has an option of installing it and also an option of uninstalling without having to uninstall other products. I would also suggest that you have an additional tab for OPTIONS on the CLP as highlighted in my pic below.

The OPTIONS tab should include options (in the form of checkbox) like:

• Launch CLP at start-up
• Displaying the CLP icon on the System Tray
• Displaying icons of other Comodo programs on the system tray
• Launch other Comodo programs at start-up
• etc

I personally feel that Comodo can gain an upper hand in the market if it allows plenty of customisation in its products. This way, I think all quarters will be satisfied. As for people who does not like to customise, they can always leave the tab untouched.

Take me as an example, I only have Comodo BackUP installed this laptop (I did not install other Comodo offerings because I have McAfee Internet Security suite that came with my laptop) and would certainly prefer CLP not appearing in my System Tray. However, on my desktop, I have 2 programs installed, CPF and Comodo BackUP and would definitely appreciate CLP appearing at the Tray.

Some people are just interested in or are just using one of Comodo's product for various reasons. Let them have a choice of determining what to appear in their Tray. I remember there is someone saying that CLP can easily be disabled through MSConfig but not everyone knows how to access it.

As a final note, I would like to thank Comodo again for making great products free.

Thanks.
DoomScythe

P/s: I would almost certainly switch to CAV and CPF when my subsciption with McAfee expires. 

[panic]

Now to my 2 cents worth. If I understand correctly, CMC is a management center for a bunch of networked computers. CMC will reside in a Master computer and CMC is still in the stage of planning (to determine whether Comodo should charge users for having them). If my understanding is correct, then I would oppose replacing CLP with CMC as the latter is a much more complex management center.

G'day and welcome to the forums.

Re. changing over to CAV and CPF when your Macaffee expires - please bear in mind that CAV is still a beta bproduct,while the definitions and functions are refined and expanded.

CMC (Comodo Management Console) is still very much in the planning stages. Its basically a bunch of users that came up with the kernel of an idea and Meih (Comodo's CEO) suggested it had merit and we should flesh the idea out.

You have made one wrong assumption - it isn't (or at least not so far) designed to live on a central PC, it's designed to live ACROSS an entire home network and be available from anywhere on the network.

Check out the posting and if you can and want to controbute - please dive on in.

Again, welcome to the forums.
Ewen :-)

[m0ng0d]

seems some of my thoughts were trapped inside another post...

I wouldn't mind having an option to control whether CLP is loaded/shown or not, as long as I can also control the display of tray icons for the other applications.

It's probably best handled at application install time... "Do you want this product to register with the CLP, or use it's own tray icon?"

[djohnston1285]

   I read a lot of comments re: giving the paying public a choice of the launch pad on the desktop of the tray.  I do not find any answers.  Please make it happen

[mike6688]

  I read a lot of comments re: giving the paying public a choice of the launch pad on the desktop of the tray.  I do not find any answers.  Please make it happen

Hi and welcome,

LaunchPad will be made a user defined option on install with the option to turn it on or off after.  This is being implemented now.

Mike

[Ozhead]

I like Comodo because it has two separate installs for the firewall and antivirus, (better than bundled bloatware) but keep the launchpad. I got enough icons in my system tray already.........

[deactivated robot]

Its great! Well, at least I only use CPF, so it will be a few less clicks to get to the firewall...

[rgreene501]

I only use CPF, so it will be a few less clicks to get to the firewall...

This was my initial objection to Launchpad as well.  Since I'm now running CPF, CAV, iVault and Backup, I prefer the Launchpad to discrete objects in the taskbar.

My first impression was "this is very Nortonesque" and I hate all products from Symantec.  Although I did like their compiler once upon a time... When Walter Bright was still maintaining it.

[comicfan2000]

No, kill my mother in law. Keep launch pad optional with the check mark.

 Cheers,

 Paul

[jb1971]

I don't know if anyone already thought of this... but why not keep LaunchPad but make some changes to the behavior of the app. What I mean is, make it so that if you 'right click' on it, it will bring up the update and options menu etc. A 'single left click' that would expand Comodo product icons to the left (and contract back after 5 seconds or so), and a 'double left click' to open LaunchPad
itself. This way, there is only temporary multiple icon clutter, with reasonably quicker access to the programs needed.

Just a thought
James.

Edit:-> Also....
Make is available as a separate download. So anyone that wishes to use a program to manage their installed Comodo products can do so by downloading it from the site.

[katar]

Launchpad no longer starts up with my computer.  But the CAVS program does.  The CAVS appears to be functioning because i still get a balloon telling me that CAVS updated successfully.  I do not remember setting an option for this.

Did Comodo remotely disable the launchpad from starting up with my computer?

If so, thank you, but you could've told me about it!

[panic]

Launchpad no longer starts up with my computer.  But the CAVS program does.  The CAVS appears to be functioning because i still get a balloon telling me that CAVS updated successfully.  I do not remember setting an option for this.

Did Comodo remotely disable the launchpad from starting up with my computer?

If so, thank you, but you could've told me about it!

Categorically not. Comodo have no control over the apps once they are downloaded. There are no backdoors at all. Something has changed on your system, but it wasn't changed by Comodo.

cheers,
ewen :-)

[chamberk]

I have to say I appreciate the centralized location of the launchpad, and given the option, I would prefer to use it. I like its notifications, its low overhead (on my system that is -- not so on 2 laptops I service).

I am, however, with many other postings that having no option to uninstall is a source of difficulty & perhaps suspicion. My partner is less tech savvy & could not stomach the CPF notifications. When I made the switch on her system from Comodo to a retail internet security suite, I ran into the problem that she still sees Comodo Launch Pad and is suspicious (of me) about what I have installed on her computer. I'll expect to find a resolution in the posts, though the capability of uninstalling Launch Pad would have made the human interface side of things easier for me to handle!

I believe "bloat-ware" is a misnomer wrt the Launch Pad. It makes the packages easier to manage, so considering it from an administration & deployment perspective, a centralized management feature makes the Launch Pad rather appealing.

I would like dev to consider the launch pad from an admin perspective, whereby it would be really handy to have launch pad gather information from systems on my network and relay their status. I would find such a feature extremely helpful.

Rgds.

[q-sens]

People are divised about Launch Pad.
What about allowing us to be able to choose?
1. Use Launch Pad : would regroup all Comodo softwares in one tray icon
2. Use Splitted Applications : would split Comodo's running softwares in several tray icons accessible one by one.

The group/split option could be set from a right click on a/the tray icon.

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