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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Aug 15, 2023 3:59PM

I occasionally use autotag (like when I have a boatload of lists), but it's
error prone again. I'm thinking of rolling back to previous version. They
broke something. I should document the errors as I come across them but
I've been too swamped with work to do so.

Also, I wish I could turn their dang popups off. No, I don't want anyone to
e-sign it. No, I don't want to share for collabloration.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 7:13 AM L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > - - -
> >
> > Bevi Chagnon | Designer, Accessibility Technician | <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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Best regards,
Laura Roberts
413-588-8422