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From: L Snider
Date: Aug 15, 2023 5:13AM

I totally dislike the new interface on PC. No, I hate it. Been using this
program since it began. This is the worst version, terrible, they
completely changed it up.

I don’t think they have the wizards anymore, I couldn’t find them. I use
the Accessibility wizard a lot. I tried to do remediation with the new
interface, and went right back to the old one, I was mad at the new
interface, so I didn’t do much with it.

I’m almost considering getting out of PDF remediation, because of the
acrobat interface. At some point they won’t let me change back, and then
I’ll have to decide what I do.

I just don’t understand adobe. Microsoft made changes in their culture and
products years past. They are not perfect, but their are way further ahead,
and have been for 7-9 years.

Adobe still doesn’t take Accessibility seriously enough, except with
InDesign. I know they do a lot of stuff behind the scenes, and thank you
Bevi for helping then, but it isn’t enough, and it hasn’t been for over 8
years. This is a major worldwide software company, and I honestly don’t
understand why they make the decisions they make.

I don’t understand why Accessibility still has to be voted important with
them??? to me that shows the culture of adobe is still years behind… My
views only, and I know they wont change a damn thing. If there was an EPUB
viewer built into every browser, I would spend every waking hour, making
sure that that takes over from PDF.

Cheers

Lisa



On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:12 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Wondering if any on the list have installed the newest version of Adobe
> Acrobat, version 2023. And if so, what are your thoughts about the new
> interface, which Adobe has called the "Modern Viewer."
>
> I'm talking about Adobe Acrobat software, not PDF files in general which
> can
> be made and used by more than 100 different programs from other companies.
>
> Please let Adobe's engineers know your thoughts at their User Voice webpage
> <
> https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/sug
> gestions/47082691-ditch-the-2023-user-interface-in-acrobat
> <https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/47082691-ditch-the-2023-user-interface-in-acrobat>>
> ,
>
> https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/sugg
> estions/47082691-ditch-the-2023-user-interface-in-acrobat
> <https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/47082691-ditch-the-2023-user-interface-in-acrobat>
>
> Your vote is critical to let Adobe's powers know that the latest version
> doesn't meet our industry's needs, and in fact, makes the software less
> accessible than before.
>
> My reaction (disclaimer, I'm on Adobe's beta testing team and their
> community forums) is like hundreds of others who depend on Acrobat to
> create, use, and process PDF files:
>
> 1. It's inaccessible. So many features are not fully available to
> screen readers and other A T: bookmarks panel, comments panel, redacting,
> digital signatures, OCR, accessibility remediation are just a few.
>
> 2. The interface consists of many panels with small grey icons
> scattered throughout in no logical order. I'm sighted and can't find tools
> that I've been using for 20+ years.
>
> 3. They switched the left-hand panels to the right side, and the
> right-hand panels to the left - for no apparent reason, other than to
> frustrate every Acrobat user.
>
> 4. Many of its critical tools are still broken - creating accessible
> PDFs, signing PDFs, filling out forms, OCR, combining PDFs, editing PDFs -
> the list of problems in Acrobat is endless.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> And if you want to disable the new interface and revert to the old,
> instructions are at the end of the webpage listed above.
>
> -Bevi Chagnon
>
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