does every new version of acrobat get worse?

[evident]

new version just got pushed out onto my work machine and its taking me literally 5 minutes for the print panel to show up. i hate my work machine and all the crap they put on here.

/rant

 

[Crono]

I think it does, though I've been using Foxit Reader for the past few years.

 

[rivan]

Yes, it does.

Thank architects asking for 3D format support and anyone who ever suggested rich media support. The last few versions have been pushing into medical imaging support.

 

[overst33r]

also i never understood why when you print a pdf it shows up as ten times the size in the print spooler.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

basically every adobe product has been insufferable to me for years. im baffled why they continue to have widespread adoption.

 

[Platypus]

acr0(day)bat

 

[manimal]

Havent touched it in 10 years. Foxit preese.

 

[BladeVenom]

You are correct.

 

[rivan]

also i never understood why when you print a pdf it shows up as ten times the size in the print spooler.

PDF is compressed, .ps or your printer's favorite language isn't?

basically every adobe product has been insufferable to me for years. im baffled why they continue to have widespread adoption.

Inertia. Within an industry that needs to pass imagery around, you need to be compatible with everyone else. Other agencies, clients, print partners, etc.

You should have seen how long it took InDesign to replace Quark in the print industry, even though Quark was an absolutely TERRIBLE company to deal with in those days, and one whose product was VASTLY inferior to InDesign. Quark might still be hanging on if Adobe hadn't basically given ID away with CS. It's only when it started being bundled that it really started getting any traction.

It took Adobe buying Macromedia out to win the market share those apps (Flash, Freehand, Dreamweaver, etc) had.

 

[rudeguy]

Adobe is the devil

However, at this current point in time, its a necessary evil

 

[Rubycon]

Foxit is great if all you need is basic viewing/printing caps. Otherwise you need the bloated to the gills version. Calling it acrobat is like calling a snail a cheetah.

 

[Crono]

Foxit is great if all you need is basic viewing/printing caps. Otherwise you need the bloated to the gills version. Calling it acrobat is like calling a snail a cheetah.

It's a victim of its own success. The added compatibility and security patches in each successive version made it more and more bloated.

 

[shortylickens]

Foxit.

 

[Rubycon]

It's a victim of its own success. The added compatibility and security patches in each successive version made it more and more bloated.

Are we talking about acrobat or windows here? :biggrin:

 

[lxskllr]

I use Evince. It's pretty big at 30mb, but it works, and is libre. For editing, demand .odf. That's what it's intended for.

 

[Printer Bandit]

adobe abortion. that's how bad their software is.

 

[edro]

Yes, it is horrendous.
I remember there being a 3rd party program that allowed you to remove all the extra Acrobat crap so it loaded faster.

You're right about the print dialog box though. It probably has something to do with network printers. (loading all the printer data for all printers before the preview appears)

 

[shortylickens]

Yes, it is horrendous.
I remember there being a 3rd party program that allowed you to remove all the extra Acrobat crap so it loaded faster.

You're right about the print dialog box though. It probably has something to do with network printers. (loading all the printer data for all printers before the preview appears)

I still have most of the older versions, 3 through 9. They work fine on XP and Win7.

 

[lxskllr]

I still have most of the older versions, 3 through 9. They work fine on XP and Win7.

Security holes and all.

 

[MotF Bane]

Foxit.

 

[Ichinisan]

"Acrobat?" ...or do you mean "Adobe Reader?"

 

[Tsaico]

I love Foxit.... Reader, acrobat, just about every adobe product is super bloated...

 

[Modelworks]

Has reader become a 64 bit exe yet ? most apps don't benefit but adobe has a talent for wasting memory unrivaled in computing.

I did use foxit, but pdf exchange has all the features of reader without the bloat.
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

 

[wiredspider]

Seems like it has gotten faster for me..

 

[GregGreen]

OS X almost made me forget about how bad Acrobat Reader is/was...