Adobe Updater, Die Die Die!
My daily Adobe Updater experience: Launch Photoshop. Cringe as I see the freakin' Adobe Updater icon jumping in the dock like a crazed puppy dog. Switch over to it. See the completely unhelpful dialog above (Which file? Where should I place it? Why should I care? Leave me alone!). Force quit Adobe Updater.
The Adobe Updater, Die Die Die! article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License.
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Sander Spolspoel
On the train, I’m offline. But the bloody Adobe Updater just keeps on “connecting”. How hard is it to ask the OS if there’s an internet connection? Even my fraggin iScrobbler menu bar item is aware of my online status within seconds of it changing!
March 26th, 2008 at 9:07 amDavid Arno
What is it with update software?
Microsoft pissed everyone off with their use of Windows Update to force the awful Vista-style search on XP users.
Apple install their updater application on Windows users even if you tell it not to, and then force software on you, that you haven’t yet installed, as updates.
And now Adobe wade into the fray with an attempt to win the “most meaningless dialog of the year award” with their updater.
Updates ought to be a painless process that keep your machine protected from the malware-pushing scum. Why can’t big companies see this!
March 26th, 2008 at 11:30 amAsh
On windows you get a nice little balloon that says “Adobe updater needs your attention!”
Maybe if they included some kind of tamagotchi style interface where you have to feed it and keep it clean in order to get your updates.
March 26th, 2008 at 2:40 pmMatt
I’m glad to see it’s not just me. It doesn’t help that the only time I open an adobe application is when I actually need to do work and don’t have the time or patience to deal with it. I’ve been getting that same error and asked myself the same question.. “You’re the updater, you should know better what to do with your file than me!”
March 26th, 2008 at 3:22 pmWeyert
Yes, the updater is annoying. Also you aren’t allowed to have the browser running either. Let’s hope they will change it !
March 26th, 2008 at 5:12 pmPhillip Kerman
They even have a song about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBkKBeVX9js
March 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pmJolyon
Aral, I feel for you I really do.
Might I suggest, when you have a spare couple of hours having a look at AppFresh:
http://metaquark.de/appfresh/
Great little app for keeping everything up to date, it integrates really nicely with iusethis.com allowing you to take a snapshot of all your apps, so that *touch wood* you machine ever dies you know what to re-install.
My point being, if everything’s up to date…you shouldn’t get the annoying bouncing puppy of doom every day.
HTH.
March 26th, 2008 at 6:54 pmGraeme
I turned the updater off a LONG time ago. What a pain in the arse bit of software. Most of the time it would just end in error anyways.
March 26th, 2008 at 7:24 pmRich T
I second Graeme. Adobe has posted instructions here on turning it off.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402251
March 27th, 2008 at 1:03 amStan
I fucking hate adobe updater. The only adobe program i have is acrobat reader, my pdf files open perfectly well as it is, so why the fuck do i need a fucking 20mb update! FUCK OFF AND DIE!! Adobe are going the same route as all the other big shitfuck software companies and forcing uselesss bullshit bloated updates upon us that are probably riddled with new advertising techniques!
April 4th, 2008 at 8:52 pmPhillip Kerman
Hey, Stan… you could probably be in my band!
April 5th, 2008 at 5:42 pmJohn
Stan you Rock! What you said is Truth. Pure and simple.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:18 pmJason
I agree, it’s just useless bullshit to make things “better and more stable”…
Better and more stable, my ass.
Fix your shit Adobe and Apple!
Microsoft as well! Although I do like Vista…
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 pmsteve
stan’s the man!
I totally agree with what stan says above…
all i use adobe software for is .pdf yet most times i try to open a .pdf adobe wants me to download…
WHY - FUKIN WHY? - ADOBE: LEAVE ME ALONE - I AM ONLY LOOKING AT ONE FILE TYPE PISS OFF
ARRARRARAGHGHGAHGHGAHGGAGHGA
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
SO ANNOYING
But yey as Stan says it is probably all to do with some new advertising shit to get you to buy buy buy consume consume consume - then die die die….
September 1st, 2008 at 12:03 amMichael
ABSOFUCKINLUTELY! I did the “update” and installed the “latest version” of the adobe reader onto an external hd (my fuck up?!) and now any files that were on there but not in a folder are GONE! WTF! Did adobe convert the files? Erase them? Send them to cyber hell? WTF!!! There were things that I had been working on for MONTHS in there! I hate to just dump the damn program and take a chance of never recovering my files, but I most definitely want it OFF of my PC. Any suggestions anyone? HELP ME GET ADOBE READER 9 OFF MY FUCKING COMPUTER PLEASE!!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pmKristoffer
Agreed!
Congrats on having the number one I HATE ADOBE UPDATER site.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:03 pmAral
LOL, and at such a young age… now what will I do with the rest of my life?
March 21st, 2009 at 3:02 pm