Well, I spoke too soon. I was excited to see that Safari had been upgraded rather quickly, and posted before trying out the software.
When I used the upgrade I got a wee little error stating that the bonjour service failed to start. The problem is that I did not install the bonjour service when I originally installed Safari. The service is a security risk so I choose not to install it.
No matter what you hit in this dialog box it comes back up. Retrying will not work as the service does not exist on the computer. Hitting cancel just brings the window back up. The only way I was able to get rid of the box was to end the upgrade process via the task manager. This caused the MSI installer to uninstall any potential upgrades. The old version of Safari is still working, but it did not get upgraded.
To remedy this problem I just did not use the software upgrade utility from Apple. Instead I uninstalled the old software and then installed the new. The file name is still the same, they do not include the version in the name of the file, SafariSetup.exe. As I still had the old installer on my system I had to overwrite the file.
Clearly this is too much work for the average computer user. Most people would quickly be scared off and continue to use the old and insecure version. Apple needs to take a page from Firefox’s book when it comes to upgrades; integrate it unto the browser and make it REALLY easy. When you upgrade Firefox today the biggest hassle is restarting the browser. It will even restore your browser session if you restart the browser from the dialog box. If you choose not to it will install the upgrades the next time the browser starts.
The thing I like about most Apple products is that “It just works”. Clearly this browser is still in beta and things will be fixed. The problem is when your biggest announcement at a developer conference is that you have a new browser for Windows, it better be ready for prime time. This is not really a beta in my eyes, but that is a debate for another time.
