It’s hard to understand how little I like Adobe Reader. Once again I needed to use it today to fill out a form that refused to display in anything else – and after downloading and installing it, it told me that it wanted to update based on “customer issues and security vulnerabilities”. The copy I just downloaded. Not 10 minutes ago. Why can’t they post the most current version?

So, the install starts, but stalls when it gets here:

It throws up a window in the background – that I can’t make active – telling me that the Adobe PDF Viewer Plugin isn’t installed in Safari:

First off, I don’t want Reader to supplant the PDF viewer in OSX – especially in Safari. Apple’s done a nice job implementing their PDF viewer, and I don’t want to override it. Second – I can’t install the security update. I can’t click Cancel or Continue on the Repair Setup window, and I can’t click Cancel on the Adobe Reader Updater window. Adobe – this is why Mac users hate you.