[thelist] RE: Adobe bashing

[Joshua Olson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. Seyon
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:23 AM

> >Am I the only one who has experienced this PDF system hijacking?
> 
> You're certainly the first I've heard complain of it though 
> I'm sure there's bound to be at least one other somewhere in 
> the world.

I am a fan of Adobe and their efforts regarding Acrobat.  However, my faith
in them slips a bit more every time they release a new version of Acrobat
Reader.  Here's a list of reasons:

1.  What once was quick is now slow.  It used to be that the Reader would
open a file almost instantly.  Now, there is a mandatory pause of at least
30 seconds to open the first file.  Even more if viewing it within IE.

2.  Huge downloads.  Why does a download of a reader application need to be
so god-awful huge?  What a waste of time.

3.  Automatic updates.  While the updates are a nuisance with Reader,
there's another application from Adobe where they got it ALL WRONG.  Yes,
I'm talking about Photoshop.  Better than 50% of the time, when Photoshop
updates it destroys my settings and reverts them back to defaults.
Completely unacceptable.

4.  Version 6.  Three words: What the heck?  Suddenly, I'm seeing all sorts
of stupid errors with files that otherwise worked perfectly with earlier
versions.  Error prompts about missing indexes... total crap.

5.  System Lockups.  I still don't know why the entire system grinds to a
halt when Acrobat Reader loads up.  Completely asinine.

Bottom line, I wish they'd roll the clock back and give us a reader that is
under 200k and that opens up nearly instantly for most plain-jane files.  I
don't mind it taking a bit of time to open up "advanced" stuff, but don't
lock up my system in the process, and please, please allow me to start
reading/scrolling the document while those advanced features are loading.

<stepping off the soap-box>

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Joshua Olson
Web Application Engineer
WAE Tech Inc.
http://www.waetech.com/service_areas/
706.210.0168