Why change everything?

[reginal79098089]

Why? Why do you "creators" feel a need to completely change the layout of toolbars, etc. in a program?! Do you have nothing to do so you just search out what you can do to aggravate us? Adobe Acrobat DC is now TOTALLY different in the toolbar layouts! WHY???

[JR Boulay]

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com If you're a professional, what other software can you use?The competitors have all been bought out by now.

If Adobe definitively imposed the new Acrobat interface on us with no other choice, I wouldn't hesitate to use Foxit Editor.
Not out of spite, but because its interface is more productive and it's much less buggy than Acrobat. I use it to work, not to have fun clicking endlessly in absurd menus/tools.

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

Everyone has different tasks they want to do in Acrobat or another PDF editor, so your choice of software depends on what tasks you need to do.  I classify these tools into these levels:

Level 1 — Ultra basic tools to open and read a PDF file, save it to your computer, or print it on a desktop printer. Even the cheapest freebie should be able to do this.

Level 2 — More functions, like adding comments (aka, markup) to the PDF, fill in form fields, add digital signature, combine different tyes of files into one PDF, redact content, and edit the content (swap photos, correct typos, etc.).

Level 3 — Advanced tools, such as OCR/scanning, stamps, Bates numbering, compare PDF files, export to different types of files (such as Word and PowerPoint), and add rich media (aka, video).

Level 4 — Pro tools, especially those for specific industries. Print production / preflight tools, check for various PDF standards (/A archive, /E engineering, /X print & graphic arts, /UA accessibililty), create forms, bulk emailing for comments and signatures, security, accessibility remediation and validation.

Only Adobe Acrobat Pro is at level 4, but other programs might have one or two of the tools in that group.

Some of our browsers have recently added Level 1 tools to do those tasks right in your browser. Mozilla Firefox is one brand.

I like Foxit's interface: it appears to be easy to figure out and use. But it has many shortcomings that aren't obvious until you discover that the tool doesn't work like it should: Accessibility tools is one category that doesn't meet the needs. Also note that it is a Chinese-owned and based company; some governments (like the US federal government) won't allow it to be installed on their agency computers.

Some more ideas are in this recent blog: https://pubcom.com/blog/acrobatnew/

[JR Boulay]

Thank you Bevi.

I'm working with Acrobat since 1996 and I know this.

Last year I reported a bug in the free Foxit Reader that was penalizing one of my customers (cannot delete spawned pages). It was fixed in three weeks, and they sent me an email to let me know about it and to thank me.

Another country, another way of life...

[rishabh370576915m9m]

On Ipad OS now, they seem to have removed the option to revert back to the classic design, why is this happening, the new design is laggy as well, when i tap on screen to remove the gui from view, the whole thing moves the page up or down, and it's slow, the classic view was snappy, is there a. way for me to go back now, or do i need to shift to another pdf reader?

[defaultr75zypq33tjw]

I agree.  This is the worst upgrade ever.  Why, Why?  Looking for another markup product.  This product used to be so good (development team should be fired)!  I pay more and more and it beccomes less and less valuable.  UGH!

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

The PDF file format became an open source format in 2008, and since then, other companies have created PDF editors and readers.

You might have other options to use. Just Google for PDF software.

However, Adobe's Acrobat programs are still the gold standard for many industries, including accessibility, prepress, professional printing and graphic arts, and legal documents.

[sinm62317072]

I was losing the will to live, with such simple things becoming a task. Thank you x

[nancym57539227]

The only part I truly hate is how pan and zoom are sometimes working and sometimes not.  I got used to space+mouse to pan and control+mouse wheel to zoom... But even this doesn't match any other approach to pan/zoom functions except in some other adobe applications.  The rest of the menu changes are meh, but the pan-zoom unpredictability is a real pain in the tuckus.  So much so, that I've started to look for third party PDF tools.

[jackson38725296568v]

The new version sucks - not sure who gave them feedback.

[kglad]

@jackson38725296568v 

use the previous interface with the new version.

[jackson38725296568v]

i know, is there a way to communicate that the old efficient version should be default. also adapting to simplified model just makes it a useless tool 

[kglad]

@jackson38725296568v 

to make suggestisons to adobe, https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

[jane-e]

@jackson38725296568v 

You can submit a feature request or bug report to the Acrobat Developers here: https://acrobat.uservoice.com/

Jane

[Frans v.d. Geest]

The new version sucks - not sure who gave them feedback.

By @jackson38725296568v

We all gave feedback, in the beta testing before release for example as well as after that.
Adobe choose to ignore us... again...

[Tiger_words]

@reginal79098089 The answer is because if programers didn't find something to do, theyt'd be unemployed.  So they must continuously "improve" things or they'll be out of work.

[Raj5E44]

Hi All, 

Sorry, I know I'm probably repeating similar sentiment as others, 
firstly, @jane-e  thank you very much for saving us all from this 'new experience'. 
I know this 'new experience' would have been through rigourous iterations, testing etc, but if so many of us are saying how unpleasant we're finding it - was a part of your UX and user feedback missing ? 
regardless of whether the new experience, will eventually be more productive for us, it is aesthically, quite ugly UI design (certainly seems cruder than old UI), swtiching the pages to right and tools to left is pretty disorienting, and no longer using the top area for tools ribbon seems odd. Please do not remove the ability to revert 

Thanks

[jane-e]

firstly, @jane-e  thank you very much for saving us all from this 'new experience'. 

By @Raj5E44

You're welcome Raj!

Jane

[JohnnyValkonian]

Over a year later and 13 pages of replies it's nice to see the community agrees on something so passionately 😊 

Glad to be a part of this community. 

[sinm62317072]

I found a way to restore old version...happy days!

I spent the last 35 years learnign / navigating all software, and now almost 50, I really don't want to start again...TBH I feel like I'm starting again with some programmes, we've to work and don't have time for this. So annoying, but they don't care. 

[sinm62317072]

I can't really remember how I restored old version. However, I believe it was through my profile. When I did find it, it was as simple as RESTORE old layout. 

Hope this helps x

[1963tigre]

Steps to enable [and disable] the new experience

• To enable the new experience, go to View > Enable new Acrobat and click Restart.
• To disable the new experience,
  • Windows: Click the hamburger menu ( 3 lines ) at the upper left corner and choose Disable new Acroba

[sinm62317072]

Hi there, 

I replied below x