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John35200782b668
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July 6, 2025
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User friendly design

  • July 6, 2025
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I've been using a well known competitor in pdf readers but for some reason they don't want users to have control over how fast we scroll a pdf document.

As somebody with documents with thousands of pages that I need to skim through you can see how that can be a major negative.

Adobe allows for faster scrolling but why do you make things so complicated?

 

The program is called Adobe Acrobat reader. Why does it have 2+GB install?
It supposedly offers advanced features like edit pdf, scan OCR etc but nope. Those are just clickbait to get people to buy the full acrobat.

Finding fullscreen is mission impossible. AI assistant is also useless since my document was over 600 pages and it doesn't work, not even for simple questions like where is fullscreen?

Internet wasn't of help, you changed the layout so there is no Edit -> Fulscreen. 
Making people angry and frustrated won't help sell your product. Most will look somewhere else out of spite.

 

Can we get back to user frienly design UI instead of letting marketing excutives lead the show?

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    John35200782b668Author
    Participant
    July 6, 2025

    Not sure if I missed it or if just isn't there but I can't edit the first post.

    Anyway, scrolling in fullscreen is super slow vs windowed, what the hell?

    From reading some old posts this has been a problem for years.

    You can make AI but you can't make scroll faster? Unreal.

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    Tariq Dar
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    July 7, 2025

    Hi @John35200782b668,

     

     

    Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us — we really appreciate it.

     

    You’re absolutely right that usability is key. We understand that changes to the installer experience or the Acrobat UI can sometimes feel unintuitive or confusing, especially if you’re accustomed to the previous layout and workflows.

     

    With the recent unified installer and app experience, meaning the same installer can be used for Acrobat, our goal is to simplify deployments and create a consistent experience across Acrobat and Reader, particularly in mixed-use environments. That said, we also know that “simplification” doesn’t always feel simpler to everyone, and your feedback helps us identify where refinements may be needed.

     

    If you have specific suggestions or usability concerns, we’d encourage you to share them directly with our product team via Adobe Acrobat UserVoice: https://adobe.ly/3Iwfk6j

    User inputs are regularly reviewed by our engineers and designers as part of ongoing product planning.

     

    Thanks again for speaking up — and please feel free to add more detail here if there’s anything else we can assist with!

     

    Best regards,

    Tariq | Adobe Community Team

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