Come on Adobe... what possible purpose does having an Acrobat READER icon on the desktop serve?

[SunnyD]

Seriously... why the hell does Adobe INSIST that there be an icon for Reader on the desktop after EVERY FUCKING UPDATE? I mean... what possible purpose is there to open Adobe Reader from the god damn DESKTOP?

Sheesh.

/weakrant

 

[KLin]

I use foxit.

 

[her209]

I open Adobe Reader from the desktop.

*shrug*

 

[Anubis]

you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Anubis
you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

My Quick Launch bar is broken.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Anubis
you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

Not really. If I'm understanding the OP correct, it's not like you ever open the Reader program, then open a file or create a new document. You always just open the file from wherever it is, be it on your computer or through the web. At least, that's how I do it. I've never needed a Reader shortcut to the program, because you can't create anything with it.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: KLin
I use foxit.

Same here. It loads fast, and gets the job done. It's quite bloated nowadays though, compared to when I first started using it - back then, it could fit on a single floppy disk. Now the EXE is over 6MB.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: peritusONE

Originally posted by: Anubis
you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

Not really. If I'm understanding the OP correct, it's not like you ever open the Reader program, then open a file or create a new document. You always just open the file from wherever it is, be it on your computer or through the web. At least, that's how I do it. I've never needed a Reader shortcut to the program, because you can't create anything with it.

You don't "create" anything with IE/FF either.

 

[Chaotic42]

Adobe is fantastic at finding exactly the right interface at exactly the right time for a given product, and then doing the complete opposite of that.

I hope someone got in trouble for CS4's interface.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: peritusONE

Originally posted by: Anubis
you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

Not really. If I'm understanding the OP correct, it's not like you ever open the Reader program, then open a file or create a new document. You always just open the file from wherever it is, be it on your computer or through the web. At least, that's how I do it. I've never needed a Reader shortcut to the program, because you can't create anything with it.

You don't "create" anything with IE/FF either.

Are you just trying to be argumentative or dense? The important part of what he was saying is that you don't need to launch Reader separately, because you only use it when you have a file you can simply open directly.

That is not the case with IE/FF.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: peritusONE

Originally posted by: Anubis
you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

Not really. If I'm understanding the OP correct, it's not like you ever open the Reader program, then open a file or create a new document. You always just open the file from wherever it is, be it on your computer or through the web. At least, that's how I do it. I've never needed a Reader shortcut to the program, because you can't create anything with it.

You don't "create" anything with IE/FF either.

Last I knew "teh intarweb" isn't in my My Documents folder.

 

[Modelworks]

Adobe has become the king of bloatware, surpassing even the likes of Norton utilities.
Try to install Photoshop CS4 by itself, just the main program. You can't without having another 10 useless applications and services installed.

 

[biggestmuff]

Be thankful that they provide a free piece of software that reads a very good document type.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Be thankful that they provide a free piece of software that reads a very good document type.

Funny guy.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Be thankful that they provide a free piece of software that reads a very good document type.

I don't have to be thankful, I'll just use a different program.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: peritusONE

Originally posted by: Anubis
you could make this arguement for any and all desktop icons

Not really. If I'm understanding the OP correct, it's not like you ever open the Reader program, then open a file or create a new document. You always just open the file from wherever it is, be it on your computer or through the web. At least, that's how I do it. I've never needed a Reader shortcut to the program, because you can't create anything with it.

You don't "create" anything with IE/FF either.

srsly???
except you don't open htm documents from your machine as often as you would visit a website.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I use Sumatra whenever possible, but keep Adobe Reader on my system for when Sumatra jacks off and refuses to open a PDF. And yeah, it's really annoying how it creates a desktop icon with every update.

 

[LS21]

foxit thanks

 

[Cheesetogo]

Acrobat Reader is such an awful program...Foxit FTW.