Opt-in to install of plug-in

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  Thanks for the feedback, you have a fair point. I hope you agree that the free feature of jumping to .NET Reflector from VS is useful, though. We didn't want people to miss it.
  
  We've been extremely careful about the performance of the add-in, you shouldn't notice your VS slow down at all due to having it installed. The last thing we want is for anyone to be annoyed by the Reflector add-in and uninstall it!
  
  That is also a good point about the ANTS add-in. We'll have a think, and perhaps we can make it easier to uninstall, perhaps even optional to install, in future versions.
  
  Thanks,

  Alex D February 04, 2010 12:17

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  I agree with colinbo, you should ask the user if they want to install the add-in regardless if the add-in is fast, slow, pretty, ugly, big, small who cares, it’s just a nice thing to do.
  
  One more thing, when you get ready to download reflector you are asked for your full name and email, then underneath that information you have a message box that says:
  
  Subscribe to the Red Gate .NET Reflector monthly newsletter. See an example of a .NET Reflector newsletter.
  
  The checkbox to receive newsletter is checked by default. That‘s pretty lame if you ask me, the box should be un-checked and let people opt-in, else you appear like some cheap website desperate to get permission to spam people.
  
  Thanks.

  Rene February 13, 2010 14:54

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  I think the setting into decompiled code while debugging might be really useful, but for me, not today. I want to try it out, but may not get to it in the next two weeks.
  
  I deleted the addin before running reflector for the first time because I wasn't sure if it would ask before adding into VS. I see here that it doesn't. If I restore the addin, and run reflector will that start the clock, or will it start the first time I enable the debugging feature?
  
  I have had several times when I downloaded a trial application and got hammered with work and didn't get a chance to test it before the trial ended.
  
  Also, I can't believe your asking $200 for the product and it doesn't even have an installer, or more importantly an un-installer. It would take about an hour to have built an simple install/uninstall, and a day to test it.
  
  Paul

  YourNameHere February 20, 2010 19:06

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  Hi Paul,
  the 14 day trial starts when you first click the "choose assemblies to debug" item in the add-in's menu. So if you avoid that, you can Use the add-in's other feature, but start the trial when you're not so busy.
  
  The .net developer bundle installer includes reflector, you can use that if you like (you can choose not to install the other things). The only reason we didn't want to provide the reflector installer is to avoid overloading people with options.
  
  Cheers,

  Alex D February 21, 2010 04:31

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  For the last few months, I've been clicking "No" when asked if I want to update, for exactly this reason. Today, it wouldn't even run unless I updated. Not only am I forced to upgrade to the latest version when running, I now have an unwanted add-in forced into my IDE.
  
  In a way it's the Red Gate equivalent to Google's Buzz fiasco. Launching my email shouldn't force me to expose my contact list, and launching Reflector shouldn't force something into my IDE.

  JeremyD March 31, 2010 17:18

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  Ypu should not touch MY visual studio without asking. Reminds me of the old AOL days, you didnt really want to use the regular old tcpip stack did you? We conveniently added ours in for you.
  
  Really, I understand your a for profit company. I license your sql and ants products. But the forced update and forced plugin is really obscene. If you want to charge for it, then just eat the pr problem and charge for it. Dont make it nag me or inconvenience me or mess with my computer / installation.
  
  Its very unprofessional.

  moadib2k April 08, 2010 01:41

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  Thanks for the posts. We are listening and we are sorry - the next version of Reflector currently in EAP asks the user before adding the Visual Studio add-in.
  
  It is nice and easy to remove the add-in:
  - Run .NET Reflector V6.1 and go to "Tools" > "Integration options" and then uncheck the Visual Studio integration
  
  Yes we should have made it so that it took 5 clicks to add the add-in, rather than 5 clicks to remove the add-in, but we didn't.

  Paul.Martin April 08, 2010 09:53

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