Interesting. Was there the ability to opt out? Perhaps un check something prior to download?

Even if there was, I find it troubling that they are forcing Safari on anyone on a pc.

As an avid Mac user and defender of the Mac realm (and I have been flamed for doing so) I find this to be way to Microsoftish.

I can't believe that iTunes and Safari are somehow integrated... again way to Microsofty.

the thing is I don't remember, it's for updating software I have, not installing things that I don't. I have never had anything in the little apple updater but iTunes and Quicktime, which are the only things I have installed. When I glanced at the update request I did not notice any mention of Safari but I did not expect it either. I did notice the mention when it completed even though all I did was quickly click ok.

I didn't watch the updater so I didn't see what it said it installed. Annoys me because I was duped but it is simple enough to uninstall. The thing that gets me is how many installs they are going to force by people who pay much less attention than me.

>> way too Microsofty

absolutely, looks like a shift in the way things are done

from the article [searchengineworld.com] mentioned here
[webmasterworld.com...]

Apple also started offering Windows users the option of installing the browser upgrade.

I just clicked "install update", I don't feel there was any option.

Whereas
I'm sick to death of them trying to push itunes on me just because I have safari installed.
Users who needs them ;)

Just saw this on a popular tech site:

If you pop open Apple Software Update in Windows, you'll see a fresh item in there today: Safari 3.1. Even if you don't already have it installed. This is the first time they've used Software Update to push Safari on Windows users that didn't already have it. What's up with the new, more aggressive thrust?

I don't use Windows, but from what I have seen, Safari is by default, installed with an Apple Software Updater on Windows, it is possible to uncheck the box and it won't cause any problems to iTunes or QuickTime, but most users will go download and install it without knowing.

Once installed it will also set itself as the default browser without asking.

This just in from macnn.com:

Following considerable public criticism, Apple has release a new version of its Software Update utility for Windows, bringing it to v2.1. The patch is available through the current version of Software Update -- bundled with programs such as iTunes -- and addresses an earlier policy of Apple, under which Safari 3.1 would be pushed to Windows users whether they wanted it or not, as if they had already downloaded the application previously. Some have accused Apple of trying to artificially improve the distribution of the Safari web browser in the Windows sphere.

Safari continues to appear as a default checked item in Update 2.1, but has been moved to the "New Software" category, and so is readily identifiable as non-essential. New versions of Safari should now also stop triggering the automatic appearance of Software Update, unless users do in fact already have an earlier edition.

As appi2 said, it is also the other way around, so on a PC where I have Safari installed, they 'opt in' to me 'updating' my PC with a new install of Itunes and Quicktime, neither of which I have any possible use for on the machine with Safari on. And the 'updater' 'forgets' that I unticked the option previously. I remain unimpressed.

[edited by: Receptional_Andy at 2:54 pm (utc) on April 19, 2008]

it's brutal

I uninstalled it after the first push and now it tries to add itself in during every update

same as the itunes issue I guess

>> I remain unimpressed

my interest in Mac wanes and I live in a house with 5 macs of various flavours and only 2 pcs.

once again, brutal