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2023 New Acrobat GUI is TERRIBLE

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August 10, 2023
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The new acrobat GUI is terrible. That floating quick access bar is in the way and cannot be moved...WHY?

Just leave it alone. I had to go back to the original using the file menu.

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Correct answer Amal.

Hope you are doing well. This issue is addressed with the latest version of Acrobat (23.06.20320). Please update the application from the help menu> Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

Let us know if you experience any trouble and need more help

Regards

Amal

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Bhawna29481033c2ab

Adobe Employee

Hi @michaelm17591477

We believe you are talking in interest of Quick toolbar which is sticky in nature.

We are glad to announce that we have taken up this feedback and will be shipping Quick toolbar as draggable bar in upcoming update of Acrobat.

Regards,

Bhawna.

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maisondasilva

Participant

It would be nice to have an option to hide it, because I don't use it!

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

Legend

Tell the Acrobat engineers and marketing department to ditch this new "Modern" Acrobat interface. It doesn't work.

VOTE HERE: https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/47082691-ditch-the-2023-user-interface-in-acrobat

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

I think Acrobat should have given the user an option of using the new or old interface (upon starting after the update) -- or, at very least, present the user a dialog box on how to disable the new interface.

I assume someone must have liked the new interface during testing. 😁

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

I assume someone must have liked the new interface during testing. 😁
By @Dave Creamer of IDEAS

None of us in the best testing group.

Came out about a 1+ year ago in beta and I still can't figure out the icons, where's the one I want, which one represents the function I need to do.

It truly violates many strong principles of gui interface design. I wonder what credentials the project lead has.

I've always felt the Acrobat programing group lives in a bubble of self-confirmation. I remember the interface changes from v9-to-v10, v11-to-DC, and now the latest change. I don't remember any changes that actually improved my workflow--more like I got used to the update. It always seems to be an interface change, leaving much of the underlying dialog boxes and features the same (albeit sometimes improved).

Adobe givith and Adobe takith away. 😉

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Abdullah31561620os5y

Participant

SAme! I was about to post about it.

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sheila31662430q34o

Participant

It is horrible. It has created nothing but problems in my office. Very user unfriendly and very glitchy. Who thought this was a good idea?

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MBramnik01

Participant

Hear, hear. The current Acrobat was/is perfect - just leave it alone in its perfection, please? Or at least please do not remove the "disable new experience" option, so we can continue to do our jobs. Thank you!

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

Legend

You're not alone!

And yet Adobe calls the new GUI the "Modern Interface."

Gah! No! <grin>

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AkanchhaS8194121

Legend

Hi @michaelm17591477

Sorry to hear about your experience.

Your feedback is valuable to us; please fill out this feature request form to share your suggestions with our engineering team: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

To learn more about Modern Viewer, please refer to this help article: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/new-acrobat-experience.html

Note: to disable the classic view-

Click on the hamburger icon in the upper left corner.
Click on Disable New Acrobat

Thanks,

Akanchha

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David32594635rk87

Participant

The problem is not that people want a minor accomodation to "solve" the new GUI. The overwhelming response to this change has been negative, because it is not helpful. It creates unnecessary need to adapt. Why unnecessary? Because the new setup is worse than the old one. Public relations spin is not a solution.

PDF Automation Station

Community Expert

I'd be here all day if I was going to list all the problems with it - and that's just from a very very limited attempt at using it. Here's a couple of the main issues: I have tons of custom menu items for automation. All gone now because there is no File menu so all menu items under the File parent triggers errors on startup. I also had tons of custom toolbar add-ons. Now they all look the same, like pink lego blocks. So these are totally useless. Prepare a form mode defaults to keep tool selected with not way to turn it off. That's enough for me to give up on the new "experience".

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