Acrobat 8 is pathetic

beermonster · November 08, 2007, 07:19:04 AM

the UI it absolute pants. i really really dislike it almost as much as freehand - but not quite as much as quack

Joe · November 08, 2007, 10:58:45 AM

I made a bug report and a feature request to Adobe over the way this piece of crap operates (didn't word it quite like that) but I suspect I have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting it fixed.

doubting_thomas · November 08, 2007, 07:05:29 PM

Quote from: Joe on November 08, 2007, 10:58:45 AMI made a bug report and a feature request to Adobe over the way this piece of crap operates (didn't word it quite like that) but I suspect I have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting it fixed.

Or a better chance of getting a straight answer from Quack about transparency.

Joe · November 08, 2007, 08:11:41 PM

Quote from: doubting_thomas on November 08, 2007, 07:05:29 PM
Quote from: Joe on November 08, 2007, 10:58:45 AMI made a bug report and a feature request to Adobe over the way this piece of crap operates (didn't word it quite like that) but I suspect I have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting it fixed.
Or a better chance of getting a straight answer from Quack about transparency.

LOL...yeah, still waiting for that one too!

jezza · November 11, 2007, 05:39:09 AM

A fairly straight answer from Quark is here

http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/resourcecenter/transparency.html

down load the pdf

cjwworld · February 12, 2008, 09:37:11 PM

Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on October 30, 2007, 02:12:34 PMstill in testing stages.. but I have been less than impressed.. I still use Acro 7 for 100% of my work.

I agree with you there, i still use Acrobat 7. Acrobat 8 was anoying

chris

DigitalCrapShoveler · February 12, 2008, 09:39:38 PM

Hell, I still use Acrobat 6. I only use 7 for flattening. Acrobat 8 is flakier than Donald Trumps scalp.

pdboddy · February 13, 2008, 11:16:39 AM

Quote from: Joe on October 30, 2007, 10:59:51 AMPlus Acrobat 8 with Pitstop 7.22...bring up Pitstop action list and all is fine. Close Pitstop action list and reopen it and it shows a blank gray screen where the actions used to be. Have to quit out of Acrobat and reopen to see your actions again. Anoyone else seeing this with Pistop in Acro 8?

Yeah, I am seeing that as well. I just mash the action button a few times and it comes back. The inspector window does this too, and I mash option-apple-i a few times and it comes back.

As far as Acro8 goes... did they have to make it so bloaty? I thought Reader 8 was sluggish, but Acro8 takes the cake.

Joe · February 13, 2008, 12:10:36 PM

Quote from: pdboddy on February 13, 2008, 11:16:39 AMAs far as Acro8 goes... did they have to make it so bloaty? I thought Reader 8 was sluggish, but Acro8 takes the cake.

After doing the Acrobat 8.1.2 update and the update to Leopard 10.5.2 Acrobat 8 opens in a flash. It's pretty darned impressive. It will start Acrobat and have the PDF open in 2 seconds on my iMac. Problem is that it still sucks after that.

almaink · February 13, 2008, 02:00:32 PM

Yep it opens faster than I can force quit it now...

tapdn · February 13, 2008, 02:42:42 PM

...and when I preflight with 8 it "fixes" the files automatically an got to jump thru hoops to undo the "fixes"!! Wotz with that crap. I think Acrobat 8 is blonde!!!

Joe · February 13, 2008, 06:36:31 PM

Well now if it's "fixed" why would you want to undo it? Just remember, "Adobe knows best!"....

tapdn · February 14, 2008, 10:50:09 AM

Quote from: Joe on February 13, 2008, 06:36:31 PMWell now if it's "fixed" why would you want to undo it? Just remember, "Adobe knows best!"....

...yeah right, what was I thinking! :-)

LRob · February 21, 2008, 02:08:46 AM

I don't know what you guys are talking about? I love Acro 8 :kiss: I gives me the overtime I need! Slow and slugish :azn: Payed by the hour :grin:

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Acrobat 8 is pathetic

LRob