Part of the problem with flash is that adobe insists on using their custom package installers, so they don't even have the option of placing it inside Software Update like they do with printer drivers. Apple's decision to outright disable flash when there's a new version out seems to be very prudent.
I wish they'd make it easier to see that it's been disabled. It appears that users get one warning and that's it, and there's no menu option or anything to indicate it's disabled or where to go to fix it. And adobe's installer writes its own standard from the ground-up for its behavior, so I've been running into users all week that don't understand that the installer hasn't actually finished installing, usually when it is launched right after download and is refusing to run because safari is (surprise!) still running.
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department
