PENGMAN  I don't know what all the fuss is about.

Downloaded with Speed Download in about 1 minute, same time to unstuff and upgraded without a hitch.

OS 10.6.1

2.8 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo

4 GB 667 MHz DDR 2 SDRAM  
(Version 9.2)

SANCHAI  Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.2 update fail to upgrade 9.1.3 to 9.2 properly. Same failure as mentioned above.

The error dialog read "Update failed. The patch has failed because the application has been modified since it was originally installed (for example, plug-ins may have been disabled). Please go to the Adobe support website for more information regarding how to re-enable disabled components prior to installing the patch. Or, you can install and reinstall the application, and then reinstall the patch."

Adobe Reader update to 9.2 run fine. I have seen this failure in many places around the net. Caome on Adobe here you go again. New update that work please!  
(Version 9.2)

ALEX808  I can never work out why Adobe Reader updates are so dog slow. 6.9 - 7.4KB/sec 4 hours to download this when I could normally get it in 4 minutes and the sad thing is there's no alternate mirrors. Every site directs straight to Adobe. Eve through Adobe update it's the same speed. :/ Camera RAW 5.5 downloaded less than 2 minutes.

Whats with this....  
(Version 9.2)

DVH  The PDF viewer plug-in still does not appear be be compatible with Safari running in the 64-bit mode - so if you want to use Adobe Reader to view PDFs within Safari - relaunch Safari running in the 32-bit mode.   
(Version 9.2)

HARRY G.  Adobe application are no well-behaved Mac OS X citizens any more. Even the Adobe Reader is a clumsy, memory-consuming dinosaur compared to Apple's Preview. In my opinion, a Mac OS X version of Adobe Reader is completely superfluous.  
(Version 9.2)

AGG  I tried to download Adobe Reader 9.1.3 using MacUpdate.

The size of the file to be downloaded from MacUpdate is shown as 2.6MB. Clicking that link instead takes one to the Adobe Reader site. The file that was downloaded there is AdbeRdr910_en_US_i386.pkg.zip, a 44.1MB file. When I checked the zip contents, version 910 is listed, not 913 or 9.1.3, and every file in that zip has dates on or before Feb.27, 2009.

Has an earlier version mysteriously crept back into the Adobe website? Has the MacUpdate guru flipped his link? Or, do I adjust my meds and continue to use Skim?  
(Version 9.1.3)

CHRISCHRAM  I keep Adobe Reader on my system for that one-in-a-thousand document that doesn't play well with Preview. I can't remember the last time I used it though.  
(Version 9.1.3)

PEEDEEBEE  When Adobe Reader launches, it asks if you want it to be the default application for opening PDF files. I've been tempted because it has more capability than Preview, but I've always said no because it takes so long to launch. I just installed ver. 9.1.3 and it launches instantly. This time, I checked yes.   
(Version 9.1.3)

LYLEHM  Recent versions of Safari have removed "Page Setup" from the "File" menu. Options like "Paper Size" are now incorporated into the main page of the "Print" dialog box.

When a PDF opens in Safari using the Adobe plug-in, the Safari print dialog is superseded by the Adobe Reader dialog. This eliminates the ability to change paper size!

If you want to be able to use other paper sizes, and still want to have your PDFs open in Adobe Reader vs. Preview (and it's Safari plug-in), just take the following steps:

1. Remove the file /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin

(this can also be done in Adobe Reader: File:Preferences:Internet:Display PDF in browser OFF)

2. In Terminal.app (as the correct user): defaults write -app Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool Yes

3. In the Finder, select any PDF file and "Get Info" from the "File" menu.

4. Under "Open with" select Adobe Reader.app and click "Change All.."

PDFs will now download to your default download folder and automatically open (depending on security settings) in Adobe Reader.  
(Version 9.1.2)

LEXICON5  Why not make the above link point HERE??!!:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh

That will save people time from downloading the Intel version when they need the PPC version because they are not READING the editors note.  
(Version 9.1.2)

AAPPLE  Oddy, I double checked a number of times and this update (9.1.1) runs but the Adobe Reader 9 application cannot be selected. Is it because I am on 10.5.7? The main site says thru 10.5.6...  
(Version 9.1.1)

JETPILOT  Just installed 9.1 PPC version. Still fails to run - Internal Error.  
(Version 9.1)

SJHA  Does this sentence from Adobe's description inspire confidence in the Mac user?

"Acrobat integrates directly with your Web browser, so if you come across a PDF document on the Web, you can view it directly from within your Netscape or Internet Explorer browser window."  
(Version 9.1)

JOHN HUNT  On startup Reader 9.1 fails with internal error on my G5 dual 2.5

Its Useless  
(Version 9.1)

JETPILOT  Adobe Reader 9 will not run my mac [PPC G4 MDD dual 1Ghz] - I get "Internal Error" message. The Adobe Reader download page has no choice for MacOS 10.5.6 so I guess they do not support the latest OS. They did not show at MacWorld. There does not appear to be a user forum to get self help - At least I could not find one. Telephone support is available weekdays only for $40 per call - Nothing free.

Conclusion: Avoid this software!!!  
(Version 9.0)

XENOPHILE  Bloated garbage. Reader is slow and unresponsive, with an unecessarily complex interface that is closer to Windows than OS X, and a tendency to crash occasionally. Although Adobe promotes Reader as "free," it's toolbar is larded with a flashy advertising panel that exacts payment in the form of attention.

Presumably some people are locked into using Reader due to one of its obscure features that is otherwise unavailable, which is unfortunate since nobody deserves such punishment.

Try Skim, it's lightning fast, packed with features people actually use, and has a more Mac-like interface. Skim is also rock solid and under rapid and responsive development. As a bonus, Skim is only about 3.5 MB and it's free, although I'd pay for it if I had to.  
(Version 9.0)

SYHARRIS  Anyone with a non-Intel(PPC) Mac who would like an older version of Adobe Reader can download it here: http://mac.oldapps.com/adobe_reader.php

Versions 8, 8.1.1 and 8.10 for Intel Macs are also available. For most of my needs Skim or PDFViewer work just fine for me. Otherwise, Adobe v.5.05 suits me. It's more sprightly than the current version.  
(Version 9.0)

MAGOSILVAN  Really faster than before.

To Tim and Peter: I agree it could be a bit lighter and for some tasks SKIM is better, but Adobe Reader is the best in text rendering.   
(Version 9.0)

PETER DA SILVA  Large complex application that doesn't even take advantage of Apple's built-in PDF support. Not green at all.  
(Version 8.1.2)

TIM.DEHRING  Another vote for Skim. It's free, and can do alot more than the built-in Preview app already included with OS X.  
(Version 8.1.2)

SANDRO BILBEISI  This application still doesn't work with any version of Mac OS X equal to or above 10.4.10 or with any version of Mac OS X Leopard.

That's really incredible considering that two years have gone by since the last reference release.

It just hangs on startup, and has to be force-quit.  
(Version 8.1.2)

MUSUBANA  Why would anyone want to download Adobe Reader when Skim has many more functions and runs smoother?  
(Version 8.1.1)

SGTMAJCEM50  Why would u come out with something that can't be used on 10.4.10? Dumb!  
(Version 8.1.1)

ODDSBODKIN  I just bought an iMac Intel OS 10.4.10, I can't even download the Reader using the Intel version link!  
(Version 8.1)

ALAN  adobe, where the ffff is the 10.4.10 support??? unbelievable!!! fix it asap!!!  
(Version 8.1)

DACLEARY  I have a Powerbook G4 Titanium (yeah, it still runs great) and I print to a Brother HL-1850 using the CUPS 1.1 driver. Nonetheless, when I try to print any pdf form I have filled out with Adobe Acrobat 8.1.0 the physical print out looks horrible. Everything is pixelated, i.e., there are no solid lines but lines composed of, say, half the pixels that should be there. I only have this problem with Acrobat Reader. I had the same problem with ver. 7.0. But if memory serves me correctly, there was no such problem with 6.0. Of course I deleted that when I added 7.0. Is this just an isolated incident? I think they have crippled the printing function to get you to buy the full program. Anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance.

Doug.   
(Version 8.1)

HCT  This release solves a problem I had on an Intel iMac 24'. I could not open Reader 8.0 within a Normal user account. It always wanted to repair/install something, and even if I allowed (via admin authentication) it worked only until I logged out. Now this behaviour is solved and it works!

christian  
(Version 8.1)

8OO8  PDFs open in sprightly fashion now! Completely opening a 25MB document with a closed Adobe Acrobat(with "show flash screen" UNchecked {disabled} in Acrobat's Preferences/General) opens the PDF in just 3 seconds.

Really sweet!

This is on a 1GHz Aluminum Powerbook with 1.5GB RAM running OS 10.4.9.

With Acrobat's flash screen enabled, the PDF takes 7 seconds to open, but I've never found any reason to enable it.  
(Version 8.1)

JLARO  One thing that has greatly improved over old versions is the launch speed. I dropped a 5 MB file on the icon of a non running Reader. The program was launched and the file was open in 7 seconds total on my G4.

You can find the intaller directly at ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/. Downloads well from the Finder.  
(Version 8.1)

TOMIS  This package of programs act in a way that can only be defined as spyware/trojan-horse.

Don't bother. Preview.app's deficiencies are not worth the loads of utter crap Adobe's PDF reader loads into your system against your will.

Someone should slap the engineers responsible for this, multiple times. And then fire them.  
(Version 8.0)

MATT BOYD  The installer completely deleted the hard drive of a new Intel Mac mini, which had otherwise shown no signs of any issues, and was running perfectly for several months.

The installer didn't just delete all home directories, it even deleted the Applications folder.

I would STRONGLY recommend you not install this until Adobe gets their act together.

THIS INSTALLER CAN CAUSE MASSIVE DATA LOSS!!!!  
(Version 8.0)

FROMAGE-HEAD  The best version since years, far more speed, non-bloated, full-screen mode. I hated 7 version but I'm reconcilied with this one.  
(Version 8.0)

MOSS  I must join the hoards of users that before me voted this product as garbage.

There is no other word to use when not even the downloader will perform correctly. And it is no small company we talk about here.

I have dug through my system trying to undo what this application has done to it while installing.

Just take a look at all the other "things" it added to my system without the simplest, kindest of requests:

* Adobe Download Manager

* Adobe Reader Download Manager

* dm.ini

* dm2.ini

* esdInstaller.ini

* AdobeDLM.log

* com.adobe.ESD.helperapp.plist

* com.adobe.ESD.RdrDLM.plist

* Adobe DLM Plug-in

* Adobe Download Manager Setup

* Adobe Download Mgr Setup.bin

All this I had to manually remove in orther to finally leave behind this absolute piece of junk.

I need to add that it never identified itself as "downloaded" and the downloader had to be Force Quitted every single time it started it's machinations.

Forget this product, stick with Preview.  
(Version 8.0)

G7  OK. So, open /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/RdrENU80SelfHeal.xml in TextEdit. Find:

<key>isloginitem</key>

<true/>

Change it into:

<key>isloginitem</key>

<false/>

Save, remove AdobeResourceSynchronizer from the

login items, reboot and nex time you launch Adobe

Reader it won't put that file into login items again.  
(Version 8.0)

N. SILVA  Extremely unsatisfying application. You don't need this. For most people, Preview does a better job.

I finally managed to turn off the auto update functionality (seems every time I want to use the program it wants to run a lengthy update).

The final straw was when it kept inserting something called AdobeResourceSynchronizer into my Login Items. Even if I delete it from the Login items it keeps re-adding it like some kind of f---ing Windows program that thinks it owns my computer.

Bye bye, Adobe Reader.  
(Version 8.0)

AJ50  Looks like, runs like, everything but smells like... A TOTAL PIECE OF CRAP!

Do yourself a favor and stick with version 7.0.8.  
(Version 8.0)

GARRETT.HEAVER  WOW! - Absolute Crap! I moved recently from Windows to the Mac to get away from this kind of rubbish. Someone at Adobe really needs to lose their job over this piece of junk. Sure it supports all the fancy bits and bobs that PDF's are capable of but it also elected to self install a whole bundle of extra's that I didn't want and just kept asking me for my admin password and crashed twice within 20 minutes. What a bunch of jokers!

Add to this the pain I had trying to remove all its remnants from my system as I uninstalled it and I am one unhappy camper!!

I was looking forward to the release of Photoshop CS3 from Adobe. Now I'm not so sure.

GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.  
(Version 8.0)

LUHMANN  Worst, installer, ever.

It won't install. And at Adobe's web site I have the choice of giving them all my personal info to contact tech support, or reading the knowledge base which offers this helpful suggestion:

Reinstall the Download Manager, and then download the order again (Mac OS X only)

1. Save and close all open documents, and quit all Adobe applications.

Note: Don't start any Adobe applications other than the Download Manager until the download is complete.

2. Manually remove the Download Manager. (For instructions, see Remove Adobe Download Manager.)

3. Call Customer Service to reset your product download.

4. Download the order again:

1. On the Adobe website select your region from the top of the web page.

2. Click Sign In or Your Account at the top of the web page.

3. If necessary, enter your Adobe ID and password.

4. Click View Order History.

5. Click the link "purchased in another Store" found near the top of the page.

6. If necessary, enter your Adobe ID and password.

7. Click the link for your Order Number.

8. The download link will be located under your item.  
(Version 8.0)

OAKMARIO  Wow, this app breaks all the rules of good app design on a Mac. No Universal Binary (separate PowerPC version and Intel versions). Package is downloaded in 2 separate .dmg files that mount one after the other and keep downloading more. Ugghhh....

Installs parts all over the system, in Login Items, Utilities, creates ugly Adobe Help Viewer 1.0.app ??? WTF? Why the .app extension? Completely unecessary. Should use the built in OS X Help viewer, or bundle it inside the Adobe Reader app package itself.

Now to top it all off, the app doesn't even work!!! It starts up fine and appears to be working properly but after about 10 seconds it crashes every single time. I cannot use this. Reverted back to 7.0.8.

PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2001 @ 867Mhz with 1.5 GB RAM and 160 GB hard drive space so I'm plenty stocked.

OS X 10.4.8 also with everything up to date.

CrashReport seems to indicate it dies while trying to update the web plug-in I think. At least that's all the sense I can make of the crash report.

Terrible job Adobe. Back to the drawing board with this.  
(Version 8.0)

E_COMMERCE  Writes out an "Adobe Help 1.0" application to your Applications folder. Writes an "Adobe Utilities" folder to your Utilities folder. Adds the Adobe Updater to your login items.

NONE of this can be undone. Try deleting it - it will recreate it on next launch of reader. Try eliminating its "self repair" files - it will refuse to launch.

Someone at Adobe has completely missed the boat on packages. None of these items have any business being anywhere except inside the Adobe Reader package. Furthermore, it's just plain disrespectful of the user to continually insist on recreating these items (and adding login items without notice!).

This is what finally deleted Adobe Reader from my system entirely. Good riddance.  
(Version 8.0)

MIRMIRA  Despite the comments of the reviewers below, I find this app. quite nice and long-awaited. In the end, an application is only as good as whether it offers the features and ease of use you need. It has better indexing features than Preview, and these features are particularly important in my line of work. It is VERY fast on an intel Mac--and long-awaited. Finally, Shubert PDF plug-in doesn't work on an intel mac, so that app. is totally useless to me.  
(Version 8.0)

PACHEC  If you want to save a form filled with Adobe Reader (not just print it, as Adobe want force you to do), use CUPS-PDF [url]http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20219[/url]  
(Version 8.0)

GRAHAM PERRIN  Features: 2 (poor), especially compared with:

a) Schubert|it PDF Browser Plugin, which offers me greater flexibility

b) Apple Preview, which lets me annotate PDF.

Ease of use: I wavered between 2 and 1 (worst). Interaction with other applications is lacklustre. Ulimately I'm slapping it down to 1 because it actively restricts me from adding comments. Adobe, please understand that comments tend to be for my own benefit, rarely for the benefit of others in a workflow.

Value: 1 (worst). The application is buggy. The help, when I sought it, was unhelpful, contradictory and buggy. Every minute wasted devalued the product.

Stability: 5 (best), but I'm discounting this from my overall score because a developer with the experience and clout of Adobe should never produce an unstable application.

My overall score of 1 (worst) reflects my opinion that for their flagship technology, Adobe should have presented a bug-free and exceptionally appealing product. As they fail to do this, so my inclination to purchase their 'fuller-featured' products drops close to zero.

For my more detailed review, please see http://fuzzy.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/adobereader8/  
(Version 8.0)

APPLEDOGX  In addition to the Reader, it installs an update application in your Utilities folder and a login item. These may be okay, but I dislike intensely when applications I choose to install also install MORE APPLICATIONS on my computer and login items without my knowledge. When will companies realize that I want to control what I update, or at least choose what tries to update itself. Software should not constitute an invasion of privacy.   
(Version 8.0)

MACD  Wow!! I never though Acrobat Reader could (even potentionally) be THAT fast (I'm on Intel iMac 2.0GHz) A very nice version! Wow..  
(Version 8.0)

SJJ_PUBLIC  It does have some bugs. Sometimes windows open zoomed beyond the edges of the screen, for example, but on the other hand this is *so* much faster than the old version in starting up. It's now usable. Also, I really dislike the search feature in Preview - that standard drawer thing is just absolutely awful. I think Adobe Reader is much better for use with large documents, especially if you want to do any searching. I've set it as my default reader now. Curiously, I can't seem to get Firefox to open PDFs in Adobe Reader even after having set Adobe Reader as the default app, and Firefox set to open .pdf in the default app. That may be a Firefox issue, though.  
(Version 8.0)

KLAGRECA  So I downloaded Reader so that I can markup and highlight portions of documents, EXCEPT, it seems that every PDF I have is protected against commenting. Even the PDF's that I created through OS X's print to PDF feature are protected against commenting.

Can anyone verify this? Or reccommend a way to remove security from unecrypted and non-password protected PDFs? Thanks!   
(Version 8.0)

AMCAN12  Blasting fast on my MacBook Pro - decided to make Reader a default for viewing PDF files.

A completely different story on my original iMac G5 - the PPC version is painfully slow, scrolling with unacceptable hickups. I'm leaving Preview as default PDF viewer for now.

As for web view - Safari's own PDF view does still the best job in both, Intel and PPC machines.  
(Version 8.0)

CHRISCHRAM  Hold on to version 7.x.x if you are on an Intel Mac (I haven't tested this on a PowerPC) and have any of Adobe's "Digital Editions" ebooks. Select Digital Editions from the File menu and you are taken to a webpage that has nothing at all to download. Sheesh, they could have at least waited until this bugmobile was ready for prime time!  
(Version 8.0)

FROMAGE-HEAD  Really better, and fast fast launch. My first impression is nice.

The bad thing: the plug-in doesn't seem to work on intel mac...

I deseperatly search for a working plug-in!  
(Version 8.0)

ARVIDTP  Is it just me, or does the download link script on adobe's site not work in Safari??  
(Version 8.0)

JOHN LOCKWOOD  The new Acrobat Reader 8.0 is out at last!

However despite what MacUpdate has put on the description it is NOT, repeat NOT a Universal Binary. This means that if you have a mix of PPC and Intel Macs, you have to download both a PPC version and an Intel version.

Adobe are not the only company who have stupidly chosen to ship SEPARATE versions of a software product for PPC and Intel. Why is this stupid? Apart from IT Managers like myself having to download two different installers and then keep BOTH up to date with future patches, it also means that you will not be able to create a Universal boot disk with a Universal version of this Application (which in most other cases can be done).

STUPID, STUPID, ADOBE!

They are not even consistent, the recent Flash 9 plugin upgrade is a true Universal Binary.  
(Version 8.0)

MACKGEECK  Preview it's time to catch up..this is a very competitive alternative.  
(Version 8.0)

MAXIPEG  well, compared to Preview it is not really what I would call lightning fast...  
(Version 8.0)

GRANDDUC  Would you believe lightning fast? Naaaah! But it is. It just is. (Intel).  
(Version 8.0)

MAC COGNOSCENTI  Intel version of Adobe Reader 8.0 works without problems for me so far. Faster, smoother and better feature set than previous versions.  
(Version 8.0)

DANA SUTTON  Don't trash your copy of Reader 7 until you've assured yourself that it will run on your Mac. At least on mine (a stock config. 2.66 Mac Pro with an extra GB of memory) if you breathe too hard on Reader 8 it crashes. As they say, this version is not ready for prime time.  
(Version 8.0)

SCHMELDING  Won't download. Adobe has been adding way to much bloat their software in recent years. "Preview" works just fine for me, thanks.  
(Version 8.0)

SHOTGUNWEDDINGS  "Select a version of Adobe® Reader® for Mac10.4.3 - 10.4.8 PowerPC, English:"

Hit Download Adobe Reader and voila, NOTHING.

Neither Firefox nor Safari made a difference! So FTP was the only way left to find it.

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/8.x/8.0/enu/AdbeRdr80_en_US_ppc.dmg  
(Version 8.0)

ARVIDTP  yeah, this software is pretty bad --- and slow. I pitty the inexperienced mac users who install it and let it set itself as the default program for web and local pdf viewing without knowing there is a much better pdf viewer built into their OS...

I only download it because some improperly created pdf forms only work on Adobe Reader. Also, I've found a sneaky way to get around not being able to save a form with data in it (not re-editable of course - but like the way it can be done in preview).  
(Version 7.0.8)

CHELLMAN  I would be using Preview exclusively, but Reader has auto-scroll (Command-Shift-H), which means I can read long documents hands-free.

As far as I know, Adobe Reader's the one that does this. I look forward to another, faster application allowing this.  
(Version 7.0.8)

DP-G4-450GUY  ADMIN - this appears to also be a security fix release! (7.0.8) No info on what Securnia notice ID this addresses, however.

Per Adobe's Tech Knowledge doc:

Bug number Description

1289558 Forms: Opening and closing certain

forms can lead to a memory leak

various Fixes to address various Reader

crashes.

various Security: several security bug fixes

have been made, including one

considered critical. For more

information about the Adobe Severity Rating System, see the Adobe website at

www.adobe.com/support/security/severity_ratings.html  
(Version 7.0.8)

USER NAME  Download directly via ftp:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/7x/7.0.8/enu/  
(Version 7.0.8)

USER NAME  Upgrade your mac; the Reader runs fast and smooth on a G4 mini!

Preview is fine for jpg but pathetic on multi-pages pdf file; you can't even resize a page perfectly not to mention you can't search in Preview.

I'm not a fan of this bloated app but it has its strong points.   
(Version 7.0.8)

BEBDABHRHBRWEFG 3R§5Y5H4WTEDSFB  ten times the size of preview [32mb v 3mb] and ten times as slow - way to go adobe!  
(Version 7.0.7)

ANONYMOUS  It looks like this version finally fixed the dreaded "Invalid color" system log problem in 10.4.x. It's about time! >: /  
(Version 7.0.5)

ANONYMOUS  If you go direct to Adobe Reader site , and select the Mac OS X 7.0.5 download, it says it is 21 MB, but then still forces you to use the 408KB 'DLM' (download manager) method.

But, I found that if you go to their ftp site, you can download the full 21 MB 7.0.5 installer in one step.

(and, why does Adobe list the Mac OS as version "10" when Apple wants it to be called "X"? Is this part of that feud they had with Apple a few years back...)  
(Version 7.0.5)

TNH  Acrobat works pretty well, but Acrobat Reader 7.0.5 STILL does:

"/Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0/Adobe Reader 7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader: Invalid color: colored pattern specified with uncolored pattern colorspace."

This is ridiculous. It's been going on since Tiger came out and it DOES NOT happen in the professional version. Obviously, Adobe has the code base. Until this stops choking up console I'm still avoiding it like the plague.

So. If you want a review lets just consider it against preview AND the rest of the pdf functions we have in Mac OS X (hey...it works w/ forms and some files w/ .pdf.pdf extensions ;).

Features=It does forms and ebooks, but it doesn't come close to pro and it's not fast at all. So penalty below average for giving us nothing we don't already have except a bloated forms manager. It's not great, it's not good, it is not even average.

Ease of Use=I was tempted to knock it down a little below average, but it's such a simple piece app (regardless of size) that it's average purely out of lack of features.

Value= Yeah, it's free. But it isn't giving you much. Adobe REALLY needs to try if they want to keep people hooked on acrobat. Why take up space, spend time downloading and updating, and then end up with something that for most is not as good as preview. Below average since we already have preview

Stability=/Applications/Adobe Reader 7.0/Adobe Reader 7.0.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader: Invalid color: colored pattern specified with uncolored pattern colorspace.

nuff said.  
(Version 7.0.5)

PROFAD  Beware of freewares that "call home".

What's the point of installing Adobe Reader Download Manager.app right into my Utilities folder as a preliminary step before the actual downloading? Why does it really "call home"? Is it just because of Adobe stupidity? I doubt. I just do not trust freewares that "call home" without telling me exactly what info is taken out of my computer. And surprise surprise, even when you get the full 7.0.5 version directly from the official Adobe cite, your Mac still "calls back home", but without telling you!!! Good to have Little Snitch around to the rescue, just in case...  
(Version 7.0.5)

ANONYMOUS  I have trashed this uber crap and reinstalled v5, but most of the time I use Preview (Tiger). Adobe is more and more... bad!

I have to add that Reader now modify Safari to open PDF, even if you don't want it to mess you system. Another intrusive move by Adobe.  
(Version 7.0.3)

CHRIS D  Be careful.. I design web sites so I keep several versions of both the full version of Acrobat and Acrobat Reader on my computer. I test my web sites with all versions of Acrobat and Reader several versions back to make sure people that haven't upgraded can still use my sites (lots of people don't keep up to date versions of anything on their computers.

Anyway.. When Acrobat Pro 7.0 came out I bought it and also downloaded Reader 7.0 (plus all updates of each). Acrobat and Reader really started acting weird on me.. spinning ball (forever), lock ups, locked up Safari when viewing a PDF online (even when neither program was running, etc. I couldn't figure it out.

Since Adobe is the biggest whore in the industry when it comes to grabbing your credit card for virtually anything I wasn't about to call them.

What I finally figured out was that with version 7 of both programs on my computer it totally weirded both programs out (even when one wasn't turned on).

I experimented with past versions and they worked just fine in every way. I finally dumped both versions of 7.0 and re-installed them one at a time. When I put Pro 7.0 on by itself it worked just fine. When I downloaded Reader 7.0 it totally weirded out my computer again.

I did it a third time.. and with Pro 7.0 my computer worked fine.. as soon as I installed Reader 7.0 it went weird. But, I could open up vs 6.0 and older yet and they worked fine.

Even downloading all patches and installing them did nothing.. so I dumped everything again and just loaded Pro 7.0 and all is fine.

I don't know what it is.. but I am not doing it again.

Just wanted everyone to know in case you are having the same problem I did.. Good Luck !!!  
(Version 7.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  Shows how bad this company is, as this update still doesn’t fix the continuous ‘Adobe Reader: Invalid color: colored pattern specified with uncolored pattern colorspace’ entries in the console and system logs that came in with Reader 6.  
(Version 7.0.3)

JIM WEIL  This link is wrongly pointing to Adobe Acrobat - Standard (Full) version update.

To get the Adobe Reader update, try going to this URL:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2987  
(Version 7.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  "an invalid application was selected"

I have 7.0.2, and it should be valid.

Adobe Reader is possibly the second-worst application I have dealt with in recent memory (The Missing Sync for PocketPC/Windows Mobile is the worst.)  
(Version 7.0.3)

ECCO  what a download hell!

as said before: download a link, then a package which installs a download manager which downloads the disk image...

can it become worse?  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  To continue with my ranting...why does Reader have to be in a subfolder within the application folder in order for the Safari plugin to find it? And why does the application not recognize Shubert's plug-in as an alternative to Reader for viewing PDF's within Safari?  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Now that I think back, the package installed an installer which downloaded a program!!  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Good Lord!! I just did a clean install of tiger and now am in the process of reinstalling some of my apps. So far I have downloaded a link, which downloaded a package, which istalled a program, which requires multiple patches to upgrade. This may not really be the correct order of events, as I have lost track. Ran out of time before I had to leave for work. Maybe tonite I will try out an updated program  
(Version 7.0.2)

MAC2ALL  Well is Preview a handy tool, fast loading. But Adobe Reader is far superior when one works with big books, especially when one uses them as reference.

- The search pane function is the best improvement in the last years. Getting all result matches in a separate pane is genious for reference work! Invaluable! ;->

He? Stay away, what should one use then, with those files that Preview will not open? Admittedly, there are also a few pdfs that only preview will open, and not adobe reader.  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  that would be "eons"  
(Version 7.0.2)

WORKS WELL FOR ME  Is simply do not share the same review that others whom lambast this app do. Why? The reality, and I was guilty of this as well, is that the Reader needs horsepower behind it and if you have an older CPU then you are probably trying to push too much app around (the same holds for using Apple's Widgets). Apple Preview is indeed excellent, but it is no Reader. Adobe has been with us for ions, and I still hold them in high regard.  
(Version 7.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  The infamous "Invalid color: colored pattern specified with uncolored pattern colorspace" bug is still there.

Thousands of iterations of this bogus message will flood your console log, making it grow to several MB in size without your even knowing it. Adobe's lame solution thus far is to "clear the log" regularly.

It truly amazes me that they would have the gall of releasing a new version without having fixed the most egregious bug currently affecting this application.

Stay away from this.  
(Version 7.0.2)

BOUGEDELA  Back in the OS 9 times this app was a useful one. It had as far as I remember always been slow and buggy, but we needed to open PDF files. So.... and it was free. In OS X there's no need of that "crap" anymore. Preview does the job. One star because it's free, but don't waist your time here.  
(Version 7.0.2)

JEDIK  Bad things: Patch size is about half of the original installer, there's no indication about what was changed... Good one: Installation went fine though.  
(Version 7.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  horrible launch time. Why does it need to run the setup everytime.

Takes 15 seconds to launch on a 1.2Ghz G4 ibook!!! That's just stupid.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  I had problems with this version. I was unable to download and view PDF files using Safari. I deleted all AR v7.0 files and Preview is back.   
(Version 7.0)

ANNOYED  Folks. this product is a disaster--and I'm surprised to see any stars in other users ratings. It has caused graphics-display problems to the extent of interfering with OS X's desktop functionality. At least I saw this on two different boxes. Once the reader v7.0 was identified and the culprit and removed (completely!), permissions repaired and such, thge systems (10.3.7, high end Radeon, ton 'o RAM) returned to normal. Annoyed, yes. On top of this, the think is slow, has a clunky interface that reminds me of of Win 3.1. Stay away.

annoyed  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  Funny, but no Safari plug-in which everyone is raving about. Nothing to be found in either my Home internet plugin or main plugin directories. I guess the full download is need to intall it.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  Excellent version.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  At last we have an excellent update. Reader is fast and the Safari plugin rocks.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  The new Safari plug in is great! Its a bit faster than the plug-in from Shubert-it. And the program itself starts mighty fast.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  I agree, this Adobe Reader 7.0 is really very snappy! Good enough to replace Preview!

However, you have to turn on CoolType and a few other settings to make your PDFs look halfway decent.

The only gripe I have with it is that space-bar doesn't properly page down, and shift-space-bar doesn't page up (as they do in Preview)  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  Seems much speedier than 6.x, and web plug-in works well with Safari. However, this plug-in does not work with Internet Explorer or Firefox. Does anyone know why?  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  don't get me wrong, the new version 7 is extremely fast - adobe fixed the load slowness thing for sure. but why does the program have to be 80Mb in size when installed? it seems a little bloated compared to other pdf reading apps like Preview that also do the job. why do we need all the extra features of Adobe Acrobat Reader when light apps like Preview do the same thing?  
(Version 7.0)

ZAK1974  Quick and dirty rewrite?

The very first file I tried has issues in AR 7, while none in Preview. Way to go. We need 7.0.3 at least. I think...  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  Excellent upgrade from Reader 7.

No problems installing and it looks like Adobe Reader may finally take Previews first position as my Adobe Reader of choice.  
(Version 7.0)

KA  Finally a decent speed, good point Adobe. The bad, it is too intrusive with these stupid reminders for cr@p even if you don't need eBook, autoupdate, java script, ...  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  Unexpectedly speedy and responsive. Finally Reader might actually be useful again.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  The plugin is a welcome addition and opens instantly much like shubert's PDF plugin.

Try opening PDFs in a browser on windows and you will appreciate this even more.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  garbage! don't use it. it broke my G5 under 10.3.7 and i had to spend 15 minutes weeding it out of my hard drive before i could get acrobat reader 6.0.3 to work again!  
(Version 7.0)

CHRIS HABIG  This is great compared to version 6. It launches about as quickly as Preview, and once running seems to operate fast too. It is more bloated than Preview but is very full featured. Works great for me. I too had a generic icon after installation, but rebuilding the LS Database (using Panther Cache Cleaner) fixed that. No other problems at all. Highly recommended.  
(Version 7.0)

DUANPEL-HATCH-MANOR  Has one got to go through the set-up dialog every time 7.0 starts? This is annoying, and it does not launch any faster than 6.x  
(Version 7.0)

TKS  7.0 is slightly quicker to load than 6.0.3(a), but some portions of the interface appear slower. The icon has become a generic adobe pdf symbol and doesn't indicate what the application is at first glance. I had problems updating my ebooks, which are now placed in a folder called 'digital editions' in your home directory. The directory change is welcome, as ebooks is something I was using for all my ebooks and not just Adobe files (the previous version made it necessary to have a different folder for everything else). Unfortunately the automatic ('if possible') re-authentication isn't very smooth. I had error in file xml.xml blah blah contact adobe twice, then I tried to decline and the application kept spinning the watch of all things. I had to force quit, decline to authorize my ebooks (which were transfered into digital editions), then authenticate the reader and add each title individually (The error message I had was confusing and the method I had to use was counter-intuitive). Now it seems to work fine. I'm not very satisfied with this update because it seems a little rought around the edges. If you have digital assets I WOULD NOT UPGRADE until the . (point) release comes out.  
(Version 7.0)

ANONYMOUS  This 7th version is very very quick at startup !  
(Version 7.0)

RICH  This is a ridiculous situation. I have to download 6.0.2 for Central European English (no UK or US English versions for Mac) and then the 6.0.3a updater. Downloading the full 6.0 package won't work, because it requires 6.0.2. Typical of a big, slow, lumbering company like Adobe. Time they moved aside.

An addendum to MikeC's comment below about plugins: you can remove the distraction in the top right of the toolbar by going to Preferences/Startup and uncheck "Show Messages and automatically update".  
(Version 6.0.3a)

ANONYMOUS  Worse than that, it won't update a 6.03 version produced by the transient 6.03 update.  
(Version 6.0.3a)

ANONYMOUS  Great tip MikeC ! but this piece o' crap updater wants a 6.02 vers only. Mine was 6.01 and it wouldnt update it.   
(Version 6.0.3a)

ANONYMOUS  WHY there's no "bookmark"-function in Reader (or Preview from Apple)?  
(Version 6.0.3a)

MIKEC  Just a reminder: Acrobat Reader 6.x can be made lean and mean very easily, and without losing the abilities to deal with more advanced PDFs that Preview won't deal with. Ever try a fillable form PDF with Preview? Or how about scaling in fullscreen mode? You get my point.

Get Info on the .app itself, then uncheck all the plugins in the field about two-thirds down the info window. You'll note a dramatic launch speed increase and leaner memory demands. Have fun. :)  
(Version 6.0.3a)

ANONYMOUS  Funny. I wonder if Adobe will follow this up with a 6.0.3b to patch their version checking script hole.  
(Version 6.0.3a)

ANONYMOUS  It's enormously bloated, especially compared to Preview. However, I keep it around because there are some PDFs that Preview chokes on or does not display correctly (esp. ones that are more "interactive"). But yeah, for everyday use it's a piece of crap.  
(Version 6.0.3a)

ANONYMOUS  The name is "Adobe Reader", there's no "Acrobat" in the name of the free viewer app.  
(Version 6.0.3)

PAKKMAN781  Why would anybody need this when there's Preview? Preview is much faster, and works better too, in my opinion at least...  
(Version 6.0.3)

MIKEC  This updater claims to update a full version of 6.0.2. I downloaded the 6.0.2 CE for English (the only full 6.0.2 offered on the Adobe website) and then attempted to apply the updater. It directed me to select the copy of Acrobat Reader I wanted to update. I went to my Applications folder and selected the freshly-installed 6.0.2 CE. The updater failed with "No valid copy of Adobe Acrobat-Reader 6.0.2 was selected to update" and exits.  
(Version 6.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  B-L-O-A-T-W-A-R-E  
(Version 6.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  Why would i use such a bloated, slow program just to read PDFs?  
(Version 6.0.3)

UDO HARTMUT  I have seen Acrobat 7 in New York. It was incredible. So the only think which could be better than Acrobat 6.x is 7.x.

The speed could be better on the Mac, that's right. Maybe Adobe uses Xcode 2.0 with gcc 4.0 and this could finally make Adobe's apps really shine. Anyway Acrobat 6 is a very good app. And Preview is faster, but there are so many things it cannot do at all. No security, no PDF 1.5/1.6 and no PDF/X. So the comparison doesn't make sense. If you need a simple pdf viewer app, preview is fine, but anyone else will want more, much more. And Acrobat 6 (and 7) is way beyond anything I have ever seen. Sweet!  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Yes, the default install is slow as hell.

But if you deactivate the plugins you don't need (and you don't need most of them), it will start very fast! To do so, under 10.3, in the Read info... panel, there is a Plugins menu. Expand it and uncheck the unuseful plugins. You can check dependancies of the plugins in the Adobe Reader app under the help menu.

Chris  
(Version 6.0.2)

PREVIEW RULES  1 word: crap! It's big, slow and bloated. And DRM sucks. Direct to trash. Preview is so fast, cute and stable, so long Adobe.  
(Version 6.0.2)

DUR  SLOW SLOW SLOW, Im actually went back to 5.0 which lounches 40% faster. it takes alomost same time to launch as photoshop.

-terrible in that way.  
(Version 6.0.2)

VADOR  Terribly slow. However, it performs better than Acrobat 5 with files containing type 3 fonts, usually looking fuzzy on earlier versions.

A valuable alternative for people in search of a small and fast pdf viewer is... PDF Viewer

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12002  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Acrobat 6.02 is still slow and still doesn't render line art correctly even with all the smoothing options turned on, but Acrobat 5.1's scroll wheel doesn't work in OSX. Somehow, that seems just as annoying. Besides, you can turn off plug-ins in Acrobat 6 to make it load faster.

I find Preview still the best choice just for viewing PDFs.  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  For 'regular' (read: quick :) browsing of PDF files, I use PDFViewer (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12002). I haven't tried Hide Itoh's PDFViewCM (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12899), but that'll probably work just as well, too.  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  I don't understand why 6.0.x has to be so slow and bloated, as many have noted here. I use 5.1 and recommend it to all the people I do work for.  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Is Adobe worst than Microsoft? Geez, Office X is faster than this cr-p. This is a bad joke. Bloated to death. I use Preview all the time.  
(Version 6.0.2)

R.J.  It is just... too... bloated. It takes forever to boot. For what I do, a combination of Preview and Reader 5.0.5 is fine.  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Doesn't launch any faster than the earlier versions on my system. What a bloated, ungainly piece of CR*P!  
(Version 6.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  I have to agree with lookmark, the boot is significantly faster for me. Although I did download the "lighter" version of the program.

The program is bulky, and I tend to use Preview a lot but every so often you do need to use Reader. It does come in handy, I'm glad this update has made it more usable.  
(Version 6.0.1)

LOOKMARK  Panther's Preview is much improved and quite excellent, but Adobe Reader is still needed for a number of things Preview doesn't do yet.

This .01 update made a big difference for me, Reader is now much faster to boot, and works well. A much needed update.  
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  When trying to open MyBookshelf the application quits all the time!!!! Acrobat 6.01 has the same problem (a friend tells me).  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Reader is useless in Jaguar. But this is Acrobat Pro 6.0.1 and it works fine.  
(Version 6.0)

QUIIICK  There is no application icon, no read-me file, just nothing.

The installer launches, sits there for several minutes while showing a spinning beachball and constantly accessing (searching?) the harddisk, then crashes.

Good work, Adobe!!!  
(Version 6.0.1)

BRIAN KENDIG  If you have Panther, you don't need this; the Mac OS X 'Preview' application is a whole lot quicker at opening and looking through PDF files. Acrobat Reader has become slow and bloated. And what's with the description of this software starting out with 'You may not know what a PDF file is'?  
(Version 6.0.1)

JOHN HUGHES  I have tried to run the updater on my iBook without success (Mac OS X 10.3.1 installed). The VISE installer seems incapable of doing anything other than going into spinning disk mode!  
(Version 6.0.1)

TOMMY  Well, after getting version 6, I was a bit dismayed at the launch time. I have a 17" iMac, with a measly 512MB of RAM. It took FOREVER to come up. I thought it was my config and lack of RAM. I upgraded at work too, there I have a Dual 1GHZ G4 and that puppy is stacked with 1.5GB of RAM. Guess what? SAME LAUNCH TIME, that sucks! Well, I can honestly say that after the update, it launches MUCH faster, both home and work. No downsides as of yet. (unless Adobe has stuck in their super-secret scheme into the update to automatically withdraw mony from my bank account each time it is launched...)  
(Version 6.0.1)

MIKEY666  The Adobe website is only offering vers 6.0 and the link from Macupdates does this as well.  
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Link downloads version 6.0 and not 6.0.1.  
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Reader 5 was good, 6 & 6.0.1 are too slow. Good news, now Preview in Jaguar is perfect, bye bye bloated Acrobat Reader.  
(Version 6.0.1)

BOB ROBERTS  It's sooo slow that I'm still using Acrobat 5.0. I don't need bloatware.   
(Version 6.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Ah, poor Adobe. Not only have they managed to piss everyone off with an even more bloated application but they've made it so slow it makes one fearful to even open the damn thing.

Mac OSX's Panther uses Preview to read PDF files and boy is it fast! There's also a couple of Contextual Menu plug-ins that do the same thing - which basically means that Adobe, the inventer of the PDF has in my book now relinquished dominance of this medium to those apps that simply do it better.  
(Version 6.0.1)

FICINO  I'm still getting 6.0, not 6.0.1 (May 2003). Anyone else?  
(Version 6.0.1)

GOAT  Why can't they get it to load faster. Nice feature's, but man its slow.  
(Version 6.0.1)

RORY LAWLESS  It was working before I stupidly deleted all my users from the mac but now I get a message saying 'Adobe Reader was unable to install correctly and must quit'. What the hell does that mean, I don't know what I did differently from the last time I used it, other than I am the root user now but I don't think that has anything to do with it. So for now I am forced to use Preview to read PDFs.  
(Version 6.0)

JP  Terribly slow to print from a PDF. Really retrograde step from Acrobat 5.0

Shame!  
(Version 6.0)

SWEATY EDDIE  A bitter disappointment, a big step backwards from Acrobat Reader 5 in a number of ways. My biggest gripe: the ridiculous new search window which takes up the full height of my monitor, and won't let documents be moved past it easily. Searches in AR 5 clearly divulge their progress through your document via the page numbers -- AR 6 uses an irritatingly vague barber-pole progress bar. Some of the docs I have are 600 pages long -- I really want to know how much longer a search in-progress will take. Like previous reviewers, I'm downgrading to the much better AR 5. My advice for all: skip this junk.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Takes forEVER to load. Maybe if they spent less time working on their splash screens and more time getting it to launch in less than 5 seconds they'd see more positive reviews. Remember the good ol' days of Acro 3 and 4? Zippy!

Acrobat 6 is teh suck.  
(Version 6.0)

ROHAN  I don't know why the reviews are so terrible. This version is a huge improvement over 5.1. Scrolling and re-sizing are much quicker, mouse scrolling works perfectly, and the rest of the interface is reasonably responsive (on a G4 400). Startup time is a little longer. In my opinion, the inteface is a big improvement as well. And, you can turn off the small add using the preferences. Defintely upgrade.  
(Version 6.0)

PAUL AUB  Thanks a lot for the advice. I didn't update it. At works they did. It seems made for Windows XP. It is slow on a dual G4 and it crashed three computers. We won't buy Acrobat 6, Indesign can makes PDF and Quark 6 will be able to do it without Acrobat. Adobe is ruining its best applications: first Illustrator, then Acrobat Reader and Acrobat. I hope Photoshop and Indisign will resist Adobe madness...  
(Version 6.0)

VLADIMIR  Ugly GUI and damn slow, I agree it is very bad. I've trashed it. Back to version 5 and Preview. Shame on adobe  
(Version 6.0)

CAMILLE  Thanx 2 Adobe, the worst company around, 'save 2 PDF' is disabled. Then, is Acrobat 6 in slow motion? Biiiiiig piece of junk. Keep Reader 5, DO NOT UPGRADE  
(Version 6.0)

MACUNIKøRN  WILL NOT INSTALL. I get a "Kernel Protection" and an exception of "bad file path" over and over WTF? after reading all the NEG comments, I shall stick with 5.1...  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  thanks for the tip i wont dl it  
(Version 6.0)

M.D.  SLOW, SLOW, VERY SLOW!!!!!!! Advantages over 5.0.5? I dunno ....  
(Version 6.0)

JASON T  First, the DRM for ebooks in this version is horrible and if you value your privacy you won't buy books or 'authorize' your computer w/ acrobat reader. Get palmreader instead. Or use fictionwise.

Ok, it's smaller than my last install of 'Acrobat Reader'. I don't like the advertising pane for the 'cool photosharing' items in the toolbar. The general feel is far too cross platform for me. I also dislike the weaslish way that it authorizes your computer.

Before the latest version of reader you KNEW what data the authorization was relying upon (HD #, Comp info, etc) now you just get a whole bunch of info sent to Adobe when you register. BAD DRM. If you can see it you can take a picture, if you can hear it you can make a recording. If I'm going to buy ebooks then I'm buying them for palmreader. I don't WANT my computer info transfered all over. I'll use my credit card anyways, but both? Forget it. Require me to use my name and credit card number to authorize a book locally and I'm happy.

As for Palm Support. The adobe site still states that the palm version requires 'classic mode'. Don't bother. Adobe is failing to capture the 'ebook' market by big brother DRM tactics which invade your privacy and poor support for Macintosh users.

If, and when Adobe gets rid of the fake ebook for palm application and get's a decent port for OS X done, then and only then will I even consider their platform worthy of using for ebooks.

As for viewing pdfs. It takes a long time to start. I wish preview were faster and can only hope it becomes faster. If you look at the prices you'll notice adobe is charging mac users for features which essentially allready exist in the Operating System. I use acrobat 5.0 and it's great. I don't see any major improvements in reader 6.0..in fact, it's annoying.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  WTF? Upon launch it claims to be "checking installation" and then I get this error: Adobe Reader could not install correctly. Adobe Reader was unable to install and must quit.

What "installation" are you talking about adobe? do you think i'm running windows or something? this is os x, there is no installation process beyond deciding where you want the file (package, whatever) "Adobe Reader 6.0.app" to live.

I'll save off on giving a rating until I get this thing to work, but so far adobe gets a D- for it's obtuse error messages.   
(Version 6.0)

JOHN W  Slow. Bloated. Not stable. Adobe = Microsoft :-( Reader 5 is better.  
(Version 6.0)

DAMN ITS HUGE!  It is bloody HUGE in file size. I thought tech was supposed to make things smaller?  
(Version 6.0)

BASTIBENSE  I don't see any problems with it. It installs itself after downloading it (Safari) and has a nice icon. Furthermore it got a new cool Photoshop 7 like splash screen. After startup it presents itself in a shiny new user interface with new icons. Loading different PDFs did not bring up any huge slowdowns compared to 5.0. (Tested on a PowerBook G4/660, Mac OS X 10.2.5)  
(Version 6.0)

NCIANCA  Better in some respects then version 5 Reader, but it's slow, slow, slow, has inconsistent redraw problems, it's not smooth and takes a long time to startup compared to other readers. It feels like an unoptimized port of a windows app (no surprise there). Certain operations, such as selecting text in a PDF work better then 5. Acrobat still has a place for some operations that are needed in a reader, but if you read a lot of PDF's, such as technical docs, you should check out PostView or stick with Preview.   
(Version 6.0)

SOVVERSIVO  Slow, slow, slow

No wheel mouse support

Horrible interface (Wintel)

Why shall I update?   
(Version 6.0)

GARY G  Inexplicably slow loading on my G4 Mac (sys 9.1)

Quirky . Support on this issue seems nonexistent.

90 to 120 seconds to load the program seems way too long  
(Version 5.1)

SAM BAYS  Either PDF from the web will not open or AR crashes my G4 running MacOS 9.2.  
(Version 5.1)

SHYLOCK  Adobe, why oh why does your Acrobat 5.1 icon display as 5.0 on installation?

Surely you should check these aesthetic points before posting the updater.

Besides that, it works well.

Minus point for absent scroll wheel support.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  i wish i could find 4.0 to reinstall because when using 5.0, i can't print - it always tells me i don't have enough memory.  
(Version 5.0)

MH  I only use the reader whch has many improvemements but it makes the finder on mboth my desktop and laptop display the weird font letter across the manu bar and leads to the need for a restart. So I have reinstalled 4.  
(Version 5.0)