#*!£#*!! Acrobat Reader

[Alan]

I know this isnt just me, as it happens on every *&$%#ing machine I go to, you click on a link thats a PDF then either one of two things happens.

1) Your PC grinds to a halt for a few minutes, then the PDF is showed
2) Your PC grinds to a halt and you have to kill your broser task.

If your lucky enough to have the document shown, then one of two things happens

1) Your PC grinds to a halt for a few mins as you scroll around the document
2) Your PC grints to a halt and you have to kill your browser task.

And if you are lucky enough to scroll around, and go to another web page or want to close down IE/Firefox, your browser then locks up and you have to kill the task.

How the hell can such a widely used piece of software be so complete and utterly crap - Id love it if websites had a warning "You are about to launch Adobe Acrobat Reader, do you want to save 5 mins of your life and just ignore this link?"

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Chrystina]

popcorn?

 

[Alan]

popcorn?

Venting steam nearly every link ive had to go to at work today has been a bloody PDF file, and im sick of the crappy app locking up my PC

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

I know this isnt just me, as it happens on every *&$%#ing machine I go to, you click on a link thats a PDF then either one of two things happens.

1) Your PC grinds to a halt for a few minutes, then the PDF is showed
2) Your PC grinds to a halt and you have to kill your broser task.

If your lucky enough to have the document shown, then one of two things happens

1) Your PC grinds to a halt for a few mins as you scroll around the document
2) Your PC grints to a halt and you have to kill your browser task.

And if you are lucky enough to scroll around, and go to another web page or want to close down IE/Firefox, your browser then locks up and you have to kill the task.

How the hell can such a widely used piece of software be so complete and utterly crap - Id love it if websites had a warning "You are about to launch Adobe Acrobat Reader, do you want to save 5 mins of your life and just ignore this link?"

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Dude... check adobe acrobat options, and deselect "open in browser"

[EDIT]
In adobe acrobat:
Edit >> preferences >> Internet >> uncheck "Display PDF in browser"

[EDIT2]
btw, ain't this a good post for [Technical]?
(aye, I know, I'm good at misplacing posts aswell)

 

[Job]

Acrobat Reader is the biggest pile of sh1t on the net, how the frekin hell did they get so many people to encode their documents in that steamin pile of bloatware is beyond me.

It's sh1te for viewing, a total pain to use and about 1000x slower than anything else for printing.

As soon as I see that goddam pdf extension I balk.

 

[tris-]

acrobat is so noob we used to have to config that shit at work, otherwise it popped up a hidden window that you need to click to continue loading.

LIKE HELLO, YOU NEED TO SHOW ME THE WINDOW SO I CAN CLICK IT!