Apple pushes Safari on Windows via iTunes updater
Apple has started offering Windows users its Safari 3.1 Web browser through the same online updater it utilizes for iTunes and the QuickTime video player.
With the release of Safari 3.1 on Tuesday, Apple started giving Windows users the option of downloading Safari via the Apple Software Update pop-up.
"Safari for Windows is the fastest and easiest-to-use web browser for the PC. It displays web pages faster than any other browser and is filled with innovative features -- all delivered in an efficient and elegant user interface," states Apple's message in the pop-up screen.
The move is a more aggressive play by Apple to snatch browser market share from Microsoft.
In February, Microsoft's Internet Explorer had a 74.9 percent share of the browser market in terms of usage, while Firefox had 17.3 percent, and Safari had 5.7 percent, according to figures from Net Applications, which measures Web traffic and market share.
Care for some Safari with your iTunes?
(Credit: Apple)Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet notes that when Apple CEO Steve Jobs first unveiled Safari for Windows last June, he said that the main way Apple planned to get Safari on Windows is through its Software Update program.
"Jobs said that Apple plans to use iTunes as a distribution vehicle for Safari for Windows. He noted that there are a million downloads of iTunes a day, with 500 million of those going to Windows machines."
Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET's Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin. 
development at any time and virtually stagnate Apple's laptop and
desktop sales.
Is Apple becoming more of a software company?
running virtualization software all it would do is shift sales from
the Mac version to the Windows version. Or, even worse for MS
more people might actually find out they really don't need MS
Office at all. :-)
1) it makes them a lot of money
2) it will only bring Apple into the OpenOffice fold, and accelerate the delivery and replacement of a new and very powerful competitor to MS Office (even if it wasn't OOo). That would, in less than five years, destroy one of the two pillars that MSFT depends on for income.
/P
They can be sort of compared to Dell, but Dell is not a hardware company either. Putting together hardware is not the same thing as designing and fabricating it.
Yeah, Apple has a few pieces of hardware they can truly say they created, but they produce way more software.
Apple is not a Monopoly, Microsoft is. That was determined by the
United States Department of Justice lawsuit against MS.
At least w/ Apple Update, you can uncheck the box, and *poof* - no Safari install.
/P
Anyone know how to do this?
use the add/remove software panel to remove the Apple software
updater. At lease that's what I think I remember seeing.
money. What's Apple's motive? I see why they made Safari for OS X:
they needed a decent browser and didn't want to depend on MS
Explorer for Mac. But now that Firefox is going strong in the
windows world, what's the advantage for Apple in driving up
Safari's browser share?
http://blogsforfirefox.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-open-source-firefox-makes-money.html
download iTunes, Quicktime, and Safari and had great experiences
with them all, they are more likely to have a positive view of Apple.
Thus, next time they buy a computer, they might be more willing to
consider an Apple product.
developers to support it and would do away with the IE only
websites. Also the iPhone and iP Touch use Safari, so better
support for these would come also.
Note that Mozilla does not yet have any good solutions for the mobile market. They are far behind in that aspect. After FF3 is released watch for Mozilla to refocus a bit. the question is will Mozilla be in direct competition with Google? Or in cahoots as they have been on the desktop? It's difficult to figure out after observing Google's dev efforts for the iPhone and other devices.
And not enough people have complained about Apple now requiring the install of QuickTime if you want to install iTunes (note: there are workarounds to this which Apple does not let on too). So I supect they would try the same with safari.
Why they just don't try to slip iTunes + QuickTime + Safari as in one single download option? Is the FTC and/or EU lurking around the corner?
The Apple that everyone loved is now just the same as the grubbing MS that everyone loves to hate. And while you are at it you can throw Google and Sony into the same crowd. They all have their own plan and define openness in their own way with their own self-motives in mind. For better or worse that is what big corpoartions do.
after the taste MS leaves in your mouth trying to install IE and
WGA every time you update?
your mouth.
Thanks Apple, you nearly caused a rift in my family!!!!
law for something you accidentally did. Sounds like Apple Software
Update is the least of your problems.
installed you could avoid this problem in the future. Oh, wait, I
forgot. You have probably been trained to let MS update install
anything it wants on your system and can't be bothered with
those details.
I have said it before, if you blindly accept updates from any
software company you deserve exactly what you get. Stop
blaming Apple and put the blame squarely where it goes. You
are the one who clicked OK, not Apple.
Quicktime through it. Okay, so, I go to Apple's website and
download just the Quicktime installer, but when it's out of date,
Apple's updater insists that I install iTunes along with the
Quicktime update ... not just the Quicktime update.
Also, and this is the biggest peeve, would the updater please
ASK before it throws shortcuts onto my desktop? Maybe I don't
-want- shortcuts on my desktop. Every single time I update the
software, it has to throw shortcuts onto my desktop.
Oh, and XP x64 support would be nice.
system. That's where the notices are coming from.
that.
Let's say hypothecically speaking, Microsoft was the one that made the Ipod and marketed Itunes. The Itunes software is installed on a Mac and Microsoft decided "Hey, let's push Internet Explorer to all Macintoshes".
People would HATE this idea. But, I guess since Apple is doing it, it's ok... Whatever.
I really hate it when companies have a core product, and then on the next update, instead of just updating the core product, they push other crap onto the PC.
Personally, i think this is a bad move for Apple.
default browser on the Mac? Yes back in the late 90s Microsoft
paid off..., er invested in Apple and that was part of the deal.
Declined installing Safari when I was prompted by Itunes, but I then
looked at the news articles on the subject. I decided to try it and
they are right. Pages definately load faster! I am blown away.
definitely faster than IE. But what isn't these days?
standards compliancy since it's release. Apple has worked hard
to make sure this browser renders pages the way they are
suppose to look. The only trouble I've come across are pages
that have been built to only run with IE. With Firefox and Safari
marketshare increasing monthly this is bound to change.
Check out how your different browsers render this web
standards test. IE is the worst.
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2
very wrong.
I feel that Apple is not very consumer friendly anymore.
There is NEVER a sale at an Apple retail store - EVER.
Yet, there is always a sale at Best Buy.
saw that Apple's software updater had decided that I needed
Safari, I was a tad peeved. I don't like it when programs such as
Windows Update decide I need to use their browser or email
client or whatever. I had some extra hard drive space, though,
so I downloaded it, intending to try it and then quickly uninstall
it. I ended up liking it enough to switch over, at least
temporarily.
All I'm saying is this: don't get angry at Apple for slipping it in
there until you've tried it. Then, you can get angry.
Also, don't yell at your mother-in-law. Never a good idea.
pushed IE onto Mac users is because IE is an inferior web browser
(when compared to Firefox or Safari). That, and Microsoft has a
history of aggressively dominating their market, whereas Apple doesn't have that kind of reputation.
causing my computer to freeze since one of Microsofts updates.
Apple at least lets the user deselect Safari if they don't want to
download it.
The utility is Updater, not Install-Crap-You-Don't-Want
Viper. You know what I did? I told him, hell no, I'm happy with my
Yugo. The nerve.
Apple allows you to install Quicktime and then asks if you want it to check for updates. Anyone that knows about Quicktime knows that Apple updates the software monthly or more with Critical Security patches. You'd be foolish NOT to update it. So you're stuck saying "yes" to get updates.
Apple, having you as a captive now, tries to constant push iTunes onto your PC to gain marketshare. Obviously this has worked well for them because they are now using their Quicktime install base to push Safari 3.1 as well.
And they treat the iTunes and Safari like they are critical updates! Even if you only have Quicktime installed and you've installed all of your Quicktime updates the Apple Software Updater (should be called "Marketer") pops up daily to tell you that you haven't installed your iTunes and Safari updates.
I haven't seen any options for turning that off or stating "Only solicit me with updates for installed software".
weekly, monthly or uncheck the box if never is wanted. It's in the
preferences.
NOT to.
There is no way in hell MS would ever ASK you if you wanted to
download it... they'd just push it on you
FUD! You can pick and choose which updates you want. You can even click an option to not show that update to you ever again. Except for a very small percent, updates also comes with an uninstall ability. You are also NOT receiving all the updates in automatic updates, just those that are critical. There are some optional updates that you must select manually or you will not receive them (i.e. hardware drivers).
Either you are intentionally posting lies, or are simply ignorant about windows.
- Win2K Not Supported...
- by o1d_dude March 21, 2008 9:12 AM PDT
- ...but Apple Updater willingly installs Safari.
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Showing 1 of 3 pages (147 Comments)Does Safari run on Win2K? Nope.
Better change your TV ads, Apple.