Comments on: Adobe to update PDF tools

Expanded editing features will be included in new versions of Acrobat and Reader, which are due for release by year's end.

[Dachi]

I hate reader.

Seriously, my current install of Reader 6.0.1 is 44.25 Meg, with the added features in 7.x it will probably be 50+ Meg. All I need it to do is display PDF files, it should be 500 Kb instead. Reader is also the only thing that crashes IE on my otherwise perfect running system. Why can't Acrobat produce even a 2 meg version of Reader since that is all 95% of its users would need.

PDF reading is one area where Ghost View for Linux is far ahead of its Windows competitor. Maybe Microsft should add PDF ability to IE and just remove Adobe from the picture.

[chavonuevo]

A hate Reader too!

Hey, Adobe Reader is a piece of bloated junk on the Mac too! It
takes eons to load and is slow as hell. If I want to print
something I can go boil water and have a cup of tea before it's
done.

Luckily, I have Apple's built-in Preview program that views PDFs
super fast (as well as JPEGs, etc.). Printing? The same file that
seems to freeze Reader starts printing in seconds.

Of course there are some features in Reader that I need at times,
but having a stripped down PDF viewer like Preview is a exactly
what most people need for quick viewing of files. If Adobe
doesn't provide it then someone else should (like Apple did).

[chavonuevo]

Oops! Wish I could type better... :-)

The subject line should read, "I hate Reader too!"

Oh, Goodie

Online services with Yahoo! I guess that means we will be getting spammed through Acrobat now. Just what we needed another bloated, buggy, nearly un-usable version of Acrobat. I can't wait!

Robert

Can you do better?

I have read the above comments and I have to say that your views of Adobe Reader are rather narrow minded. I was trained as a programmer and believe me when I tell you that it is not as easy as it sounds to make a simpler viewer. You have no idea what it takes to develop and package a piece of software. Also, you may not think so, but you need many of the built in features of Reader for things like security. You don't want Joe Shmo reading your confidential documents do you? Also, you forget the main reason we have pdf. It is a reliable and quite literally portable format that can be viewed on any platform. A lot of times we need things behind the scenes that we do not know we need. People complain about Microsoft and their security updates, but no one has done anything about it. They cannot develop or do not want to develop a better piece of software. If anyone here would like to try and build a better viewer, be my guest.