In a blog post this week, Adobe announced it has been testing out a new updater technology with select beta customers since the company’s October 13, 2009 quarterly update. The goal, Adobe says, is to streamline and automate updates with little to no user intervention.
Adobe is apparently happy with the tests so far is now “ready for the next phase of deployment.” On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Adobe said it will activate the new update for all users needing Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and 8.2.2 for Windows and Macintosh.
The new updater will give Windows users the option of selecting “Automatically install updates.” If selected, the updater waits for the system to become idle “to avoid disturbing the user” and proceeds to download and install the security patches.
For those concerned about privacy, Adobe promises that it has “no plans to activate the automatic option by default without prior user consent.”
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Silent Updates Coming to Adobe Acrobat and Reader
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