Yesterday when i wanted to download something from microsoft.com i got a popup asking if i wanted to beta test the download with Silverlight. Of course i clicke

Yesterday when i wanted to download something from microsoft.com i got a popup asking if i wanted to beta test the download with Silverlight. Of course i clicked it away. Downloading is a task of the browser. If the functionality is poor, fix the browser. Microsoft is not alone in this. Adobe, Sun and other companies also try to push useless download managers.