Acrobat DC User Interface: Way to Change Theme? (Too Bright)

I agree with all the comments posted herein.  I have used all the previous versions up to XI in my previous workplaces, now at my new workplace I'm forced into using DC and it's hideous.  All icons are far too indistinct and have too much padding space around them, making them spill off when they could more than easily fit on.  It took me ages to work out how to get the basics like the thumbnail pane visible.  Or how to add a text box.  Even when I managed to turn the thumbnail pane on, I found that I have to extend the width to about half the monitor-width before it shows 2-a-side thumbnails.  Again it pads them with a whopping great amount of dead space in between them - just like icons on a Mac in Finder (one of the reasons why I prefer Windows).

The selection marquee behaviour feels very sloppy and slippery, you can't really 'feel' when you've selected something.

All of these points also apply to MS Office 2013.  That is hideous too.  I can't believe that when 2010 and 2013, or XI and DC are shown together, that people can genuinely believe that the latter in each case is really more "beautiful" or "clean" or "intuitive".  In fact, the mere fact that everyone who applauds these changes on web fora always use the same set of adjectives, leads me to believe they're written by plants working for Adobe, Microsoft or (in the case of Android Lollipop), Google.  You know the ones I mean, "at last, a beautiful, clean, intuitive UI !  What's with all the haters ?"  I think it must be a standard line trained to them all.

I think they're doing it just to brainwash us into becoming unquestioning, undemanding, unproductive drones who end up having to let go of any desire to be in control of what the cloud should do for us, rather than have the cloud decide what we should do for *it*, because in the end people will give up rebelling against these unwanted changes just for a quiet life and so as not to go mad.

I am using Acrobat DC right now and I am about to roll back. The UI is just terrible.

Not only is the interface too bright, the UI itself is child-like and counter intuitive.

The Save As PDF dialogue is just stupid. Seriously, what were the designers thinking? Just give me the standard Windows File Explorer.

Wow, this is an update for the sake of an update.

I hate this new DC version so much I have rolled back. I just wonder if there is any way to get notification when they fix the broken mess. There were a few good features, if only they hadn't broken the interface.
This also gives me serious concern about the Adobe Monopoly. Since they are effectively the only solution for my design business what do i do if this revisionist insanity creeps into Illustrator and In design?
I seriously cannot use DC. I am upset that I am paying a subscription for software I can't use. Adobe team; by making this change you have devalued your subscription.

The UI is terrible. All the options in a dropdown menu look grayed out. How could anyone think making it this light could be a good thing? The changes that Adobe has incorporated with DC are terrible with no feedback from customers. Seems like some software engineers just trying to justify their jobs by fixing something that didn't need fixing. Well... now it needs fixing.

You all got a nice thread going on anyway, but it’s hard not to add to this …

Though reflecting on the interface choices for Acrobat DC it is kind of hard to keep a civil tongue.

That for example Photoshop has a dark color theme by default nowadays has been an unfortunate decision at Adobe (as Photoshop is – as far as I can tell – still not primarily video or film editing software) but deciding on a basically white interface for Acrobat seems flabbergasting.

OMG, who can help with this paper white interface of the UI. This too bright paper white is killing me.

Totally agree. The interface too bright.  Personally i'm not a fan at all of this minimalist approach.

As others have said, I very much agree that the UI is way too light. Makes it difficult to distinguish between the white pages in my PDF and the interface.

Agree the UI is way too bright. The feature request form they suggest using doesn't have Acrobat DC listed as a program.

I have to add my name to this series of complaints...

The new design is appalling. As others have said, it is way too bright with no contrast between documents and interface and no way to skin the UI the way you would like to. Not only that but it fails to remember where you last stored docs, instead featuring an annoying pop up asking me what I want to do next. Coming from the top design software suppliers in the world ( I thought ), you wonder why the team that designed this was not forced to lie on the floor while the rest of the Adobe designers laughed at them.

Seriously, was this designed for a 10 year old occasional user? Take that back a 10 year old would have moved on....

And that ghastly menu which takes up all that space with no contrast. And I know my name, you dont have to include it on the top right.

I really thought XI was a great tool and nice to use. This is a real step back.

Please give us some or all of the following:

1. A customisable interface
2. An option to choose an "old-style" Adobe Acrobat XI option if we prefer
3. The ability to remove annoying features in a proper preferences setting (such as my name - did I mention, I know who I am)
4. The ability to alter contrast
5. Advanced settings
6. etc etc - Everything anyone has said above

And please - if anyone at Adobe actually listens, do NOT take this design and transfer it to your other software.