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Are you going to open that PDF in Adobe Reader? If yes, Adobe has this friendly AI assistant forced into your face and overlapping floating toolbar on all side

Are you going to open that PDF in Adobe Reader? If yes, Adobe has this friendly AI assistant forced into your face and overlapping floating toolbar on all sides of your document that you cannot get rid of to get a clean view of the document itself. So your dream of a simple lightweight clutterfree PDF reader will remain a dream, unfortunately.

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yapyap 2y ago
I mean if he’s searching for a good PDF reader I doubt he’ll be opening it in Adobe Reader
- taurknaut 2y ago
  I had assumed it went the way of Adobe Flash many years ago.
  - otteromkram 2y ago
    Well, you know what they say about assume...
    - andrelaszlo 2y ago
      Accidentally Turing complete?
  - mschuster91 2y ago
    It's still alive and kicking in anything government. Third party support for forms and other kinds of interactive stuff is ... lacking.
- achrono 2y ago
  True but also, what actually is the best alternative that's also free? Non-rhetorical question, because I am averse to paying for what feels like a universal/commons piece of tech.
  - jagged-chisel 2y ago
    Someone must put in the effort to make something. Should they not be compensated for their time?
    - drivingmenuts 2y ago
      If they inform and ask after the fact, compensation should be voluntary.
  - mikepurvis 2y ago
    When I was a Mac user, I found the built in Preview adequate to my needs.
  - worble 2y ago
    I'm not an advanced user of pdfs so I'm not sure if there's anything major missing from these, but either Okular or just the built-in browser ones works well enough for my basic needs of reading and the occasional form filling for the desktop, and on android I use muPdf.
pletnes 2y ago
Most browsers can open PDFs but can’t necessarily search large docs quickly.
apricot 2y ago
AI assistants are this generation's Clippy.
layer8 2y ago
There is the classic Adobe Reader release [0] (non-DC) that is still receiving updates [1]. [0] https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/classic/dcclassic2020base.html https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNo... [1] https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html#classic-track https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNo...
- HeckFeck 2y ago
  It's even served by FTP. Nice!
kristopolous 2y ago
it's wild how shitty and hostile adobe's pdf reader is as a product. If I was in the planning room I'd roast the product as unusually offensive to most sensibilities. Then again, I'm in no way running a billion dollar successful software company so what do I know?

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yapyap 2y ago

I mean if he’s searching for a good PDF reader I doubt he’ll be opening it in Adobe Reader

taurknaut 2y ago
I had assumed it went the way of Adobe Flash many years ago.
- otteromkram 2y ago
  Well, you know what they say about assume...
  - andrelaszlo 2y ago
    Accidentally Turing complete?
- mschuster91 2y ago
  It's still alive and kicking in anything government. Third party support for forms and other kinds of interactive stuff is ... lacking.
achrono 2y ago
True but also, what actually is the best alternative that's also free? Non-rhetorical question, because I am averse to paying for what feels like a universal/commons piece of tech.
- jagged-chisel 2y ago
  Someone must put in the effort to make something. Should they not be compensated for their time?
  - drivingmenuts 2y ago
    If they inform and ask after the fact, compensation should be voluntary.
- mikepurvis 2y ago
  When I was a Mac user, I found the built in Preview adequate to my needs.
- worble 2y ago
  I'm not an advanced user of pdfs so I'm not sure if there's anything major missing from these, but either Okular or just the built-in browser ones works well enough for my basic needs of reading and the occasional form filling for the desktop, and on android I use muPdf.

pletnes 2y ago

Most browsers can open PDFs but can’t necessarily search large docs quickly.

apricot 2y ago

AI assistants are this generation's Clippy.

layer8 2y ago

There is the classic Adobe Reader release [0] (non-DC) that is still receiving updates [1]. [0] https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/classic/dcclassic2020base.html https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNo... [1] https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html#classic-track https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNo...

HeckFeck 2y ago
It's even served by FTP. Nice!

kristopolous 2y ago

it's wild how shitty and hostile adobe's pdf reader is as a product. If I was in the planning room I'd roast the product as unusually offensive to most sensibilities. Then again, I'm in no way running a billion dollar successful software company so what do I know?