Apple Still Pestering Us About Safari

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but it is a little dim in windows

of 12:10PM September 01, 2008

Actually, I find it far more egregious that an OS will install code using a Software Update panel in which you specifically disabled (unchecked) that item. I've had Windows XP do this to me on more than one occasion. Since it's happened to me, I'm sure it has happened to others as well. Funny, I've never heard anyone complain about that; but then I don't really follow Windows issues -- I try to avoid it like the plague. For that matter, I generally don't use Software Update on the Mac either. I'm old school, and prefer to download a standalone updater. There's simply less that can go wrong that way.

arw of NC 12:49PM April 20, 2008

I don't know about the Windows version, but in the Mac version there is an "Update" in the menu bar. Click on it and there is an option to "Ignore Update." Select the update you wish to ignore and it will no longer show up when you use "Software Update."

ML of NY 11:48AM April 20, 2008

.... from going through IE.
The average user won't know the difference. And if you're MS, you can artificially raise your latest IE browser stats by treating every IE update as a 'security' issue.
The games are being played on both sides of the swamp to be sure.
Why not take the time to do an article comparing browsers on the Win platform and see how they all stack up against one another?

Paul Greatbatch of IN 8:36PM April 19, 2008

.... from going through IE.
The average user won't know the difference. And if you're MS, you can artificially raise your latest IE browser stats by treating every IE update as a 'security' issue.
The games are being played on both sides of the swamp to be sure.
Why not take the time to do an article comparing browsers on the Win platform and see how they all stack up against one another?

Paul Greatbatch of IN 8:35PM April 19, 2008

Ah, now I see. Dig into the menus and I can turn off the pestering. Done.
Would be better if Apple didn't bother us with it. Or they could make clear to us computer dummies how to turn it off. If they wanted to.
I like Apple. We run Windows and Macs at home (and a Linux box). But I did think Apple was above these sorts of ploys.

David LaGesse of MO 3:37PM April 19, 2008

you are such a whiner!
simple instructions provided for you above, courtesy of B of MI - so stop your silly whining. i'm sick to death of hearing all you apple bashers who masquerade as tech writers going on and on about this issue, when all apple is doing is making it easy for windoze users to discover new alternative applications, when ordinarily, they might not have made the effort themselves to do so.
silly writer, you.

apple-basher-basher of AK 1:31PM April 19, 2008

I honestly hate IE and it is shoved down our throats. So what if Apple offers it to us. I try lots of software and dump it. Safari on Windows is so fast and looks great. So Dave, did you even try it or are you holding out on some silly principle that is clearly keeping Microsoft's constant invasion in a separate camp.

Toby of CO 1:04PM April 19, 2008

You'd think they'd hire someone who knew how to use a computer and didn't whine so much over trivial things.

Bill Gates of CA 7:56AM April 19, 2008

As B of MI and Sam of CA said, just check the "Ignore Update" one time and the evil Safari is gone, gone, gone. Don't any of you guys know how to use computers?

S of B of CA 10:56PM April 18, 2008