This morning an update screen welcomed me on my computer.  Apple was nice enough to let me know that ITunes 7.7 has released and that I should update to this version.  That’s very helpful.  I was just about to install the update when I focused in on the installer menu.  In it included the addition of Safari.  Not in the Updates section but in the “New Software” section.  I didn’t go looking to install the Safari browser but Apple felt it was necessary to add this to my “Update” as a default setting.  Had I just accepted the default installation I would have been installing the Safari browser.

Now hold on, this isn’t an entry about Safari.  It’s not even all that much about Apple.  It’s more about how companies try and slide things into updates that you may or may not want.  I noticed this same behavior with the Google Toolbar.  This action of hiding new additions to updates is just dishonest.  It would have been honest for Apple to insert an advertisement about how wonderful Safari is (just click this link to install the latest version…).  But this isn’t the path they chose and it’s really sad.

So the morale of this story is that you need to look at the installer options twice (to find those pesky additional “features”) and click the install button once.