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???

[Abambo]

Abambo:

What is it about the new interface that you like? Is there anything in particular that is way better?

By @james90293

The interface is cleaner. I was never a fan of the old interface. You ask 10 people and you get 10 different opinions. As I understood, the new interface does not yet allow for all the customizations that the old one allowed for.

For now, Adobe decided the new interface was a big disruption, so they allow you to use the old interface and to continue to work as you are used to. 

[Jeremy3228255937sx]

I agree, Adobe pulled a Windows Metro on Acrobat.

[GKARAM]

Agree 100%. What they have done should be criminalized. At the very least, put out a very detailed video and tutorials explaining where everything went and update all of their online articles to reflect these absurd changes. One can't find anything now.

[jane-e]

One can't find anything now.

By @GKARAM

Have you disabled the "new experience" yet, as described throughout this thread?

• To disable the new experience,
  • Windows: Click the hamburger menu ( 3 lines ) at the upper left corner and choose Disable new Acrobat.
  • macOS: Go to View > Disable new Acrobat.

Jane

[Jim5F93]

I tried.

macOS: Go to View > Disable new Acrobat.

CRASH!

I think I need to delete/reinstall to make it work.

[Wendy2202434800r4]

I'm so glad for the info on how to go back to the old interface. THANKS!

WHY move EVERYTHING around and make buttons smaller? 

To enlarge or reduce the PDF you are viewing ... ya lets move it from the TOP to the bottom right and make is SMALLER!

Ugh ... lets NOT!

[james90293]

Has anybody seen or read "THE REASON" for the changes to the interface? I have read the usual suspects view that it was "CLEANER" or "IMPROVED" but I have yet to see the rationale for taking menus that were on the right and move them to the left. It seemed like a pontless exercise to me but I am willing to learn if any of you "smart guys" can dumb it down for me. I know this is a user to user forum. Thanks to all those that help us.

[Jim5F93]

It seems like changes for the sake of change. The Acrobat team needs to do something so they appear productive. 

[Jim32450144j4v9]

This would be humorous if it wasn't so completely inaccurate:

[forumdiday]

I HOPE ADOBE IS READING THESE COMMENTS  -  I CAN'T LIVE WITH THE NEW VERSION.

NOTHING WORKS - SHORT CUTS ARE HOPELESS EVERTHING IS LOST AND HAS TO BE FOUND

IT' S NOT MODERN - BUT SHOULD BE CALLED SECRETARIAL VERSION FOR AI DEFICIENT PERSONS

[kglad]

disable new acrobat

[Polly154A]

I've done that. I still don't have scroll bars...

[kglad]

(i replied to @forumdiday )

[Abambo]

Scroll bars is a different problem. That has nothing to do with the new interface.

[JohnnyValkonian]

Just wanted to add a reply to this, as a longtime user I can't stand the "new" acrobat and DISABLE it on all my computers.  I hate it.  I don't know who designed it but they have no concept of UI design.

[neilm91091999]

Thank you so much for sharing how to disable the new format. It is awful. I spend a lot of my time doing simple editing of drawings on acrobat and it had become horrible to do with the new format. If its not broken it doesn't need fixing

[JR Boulay]

I forgot to publish my favorite answer in this topic.

That's fixed.

😉

 

[Paul26644654kjc7]

Who's bright Idea at Adobe was to bury the Zoom menu??? I can't stand the new layout and I'm so happy there's a way to disable it.

[Luz27564278nc3d]

One more THANK YOU!!!!!

[Alec33419871a5lk]

I friggen cannot figure this new system out. (Cursing removed)

[kglad]

then return to classic view.

[NameNumber]

Those saying just return to the classic view kind of ignore the fact that to even do that 1) you would not normally expect an option to reverse a new UI, 2) you would have to hunt to find the button to do it, or 3) you would have to search online for a solution.  That is not intuitive.  And the new format UI starts with shifting everything from where you expect it to be intuitively.  Adobe saying "we have tried to ensure all tools & features currently supported retain their familiar functionalities and workflows as they did in the previous version" rings hollow if users are struggling to even find those functionalities in the first place because the new interface moved them all over the place and hid them behind unlabeled icons.  Stated simply, there's a reason so many people are angry about this change.

[kglad]

your post is in a thread where the solution has been explained numerous times. 

[Abambo]

So many people are not angry about the change. But yes, change also implies that some people who do not want to change their habits, are getting upset. But at the end of the day, Adobe did streamline the intereface. This is a slow rollout, as Adobe did spread enabling the new interface over several months. And as the new interface is disrupting productivity for some, Adobe has bult in a possibility to revert to the old interface. I did that twice only for the half year that I'm now on the new interface. 

[Tim32088249hw4l]

Typically the user reaction to inline software changes is for people to adjust and go about their day. The fact that so many people were angry enough about this change to not ignore the issue, look up where the Adobe forums are, make an account, find the appropriate topic, and then leave feedback or post questions shows how bad this change is. The new UI/UX was bad enough to motivate people who are normally not inclined to participate in online forums to do all of the aforementioned and take time out of their busy day to post. This wasn't streamlining an interface, it was a demolition of the current user experience and a transition to a poorly made mobile interface which derailed current producitvity workflows and prevented many users from doing any work because it kept locking up or crashing. That is simply poor user experience and project management.

The part that everyone who says "just use the old interface" misses is that companies do not maintain two seperate user interfaces for an extended time period. Normally the revert interface option is a stop gap measure to temporarily remove user hostility allowing project managers to show positive reception to management until they force you to use the new interface. Eventually they will remove the option to revert to the older usable UI leaving long time users looking for a replacement for Adobe.