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What are these people thinking?
Pros: Does what it's supposed to. Usually.
Cons: 1: Bundleware. Unless you uncheck the options, it will install a useless photo program and yet another toolbar. The last thing we need is second-rate software to come bundled with second-rate addons.
2: The installer. We aren't even allowed to install the program on our own with a nice little .exe anymore, oh no. We have to first install a "Download Manager", yet another piece of shabby, useless, bloated Adobe code to rip out of our Add/Remove Programs list. And then it slows everything to a crawl while it sucks up 100% of your CPU to "optimize" itself.
On top of all that, it now loads itself on boot by placing an icon in the Startup folder.I guess it wasn't enough that it weighed down our PCs to the point of uselessness when it was running - now it has to put its drag on them when it ISN'T!
3: Updates. Every time a .pdf file loads now it checks for new versions of itself. If it finds one, it brings up a nice little pop-under and appears to crash the browser unless you Alt-Tab and manage to dig it out and cancel it.
The .pdf standard has not changed in years. Nor is it ever going to. So why must a simple reader program be so stupidly bloated and slow?
Posted: 06-May-2006 01:42:39 AM
