User interface is the worst ever. Bring back the old interface
My idea is to bring back the old function interface.
The new user interface is the most inconvenient, inexplicable, poorly organized user interface I have experienced with any Adobe product.
In the future, interfaces should be tested with real live users and not code writers.
I wish there were a way to use a "legacy" interface.
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Max McSimoff commented
New interface is ****, get back old one
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AdminBhawna Arora (Admin, Adobe) commented
Hi @bob kaster,
Thanks for penning down your concerns regarding the usage of Quick Toolbar in Reader.
We are elated to announce that this has been taken on the upmost priority and we will be shipping Quick Toolbar as a draggable toolbar in both Acrobat and Reader.
Feel free to share the feedback for the same after revised version.
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Jamie Plummer commented
Hamburger > Disable New Adobe
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Michael Cleary commented
I love the fix that Mustafa Aljabal identified, to switch to the old UI from the current one (with screenshots). And MFlemming highlighted Mustafa's post at May 22, 2023 15:39.
And I agree wholeheartedly with Concierge's comment April 10, 2023 16:49. I have worked with UI design/build teams. I can't believe how fragmented the current Acrobat interface is.
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Carlo Cellucci commented
The new Adobe Acrobat Reader Interface is terribly dififcult to use, it is very bad indeed. After using Adobe Acrobat Reader for many years, I will now have to use another pdf reader.
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Ethen Thacher commented
100% Agree. The absolute worst interface. I dread having to deal with any PDFs now.
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CaptSteel commented
Wow, so glad I found this page and everyone is calling out the Flemming / Mustafa way to revert to the old UI. New UI is absolutely horrendous. Hard to believe if there actually was any beta testing. Basic things like being able to set and easily scale zoom are difficult to find or missing. Even when functionality is available, I find I often need multiple clicks to achieve the same result as a single click on a button in a menu bar in the old UI. "Disable New Acrobat" FTW!!!
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LADrs76 commented
I created an account for this forum just to comment in agreement with this sentiment. This update is absolutely horrendous and was clearly NEVER tested by any actual user at any point. THANK YOU to M Flemming for his posting of a solution to revert to the old version where functions were actually organized, clearly labeled and I could actually be productive at my job without wasting half an hour just to find BASIC functionality.
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Bob Bob commented
Well said- could not agree more. Most frustrating program I HAVE to use
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Southern Pine Products NZ commented
AGREE - THANK YOU M FLEMMING!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
"MFlemming commented · May 22, 2023 12:39 · Report
Mustafa Aljabal commented (below) · March 28, 2023 19:45 · Report
I found an option where you can SWITCH between the OLD user interface and the NEW user interface. If you are in the new version, go to the 3 lines, click down under View, and click Disable New Acrobat. The same way in the old version. See my screenshot.
Thank you Mustafa!" -
cait dhubhghaill commented
THANK YOU M. Flemming. You are the greatest!
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Hannah Hewes commented
I'm pretty open to change, but this new interface is by far the worst update I've experienced with just about platform. The functions are not easily accessible, or easy to locate for that matter. The lag and time to do anything is horrible. All around awful. So thankful I found this forum though so I could see @MFlemming's comment on how to change it back to the old version. LIFE SAVER!
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Schyler Jones commented
@Mflemming's suggestion was a big plus for me. Happy to have the old UI back. By the way, the Disable New Acrobat was on the main hamburger menu, not under View so Adobe made it even easier to get back to the more functional interface.
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MFlemming commented
Mustafa Aljabal commented (below) · March 28, 2023 19:45 · Report
I found an option where you can SWITCH between the OLD user interface and the NEW user interface. If you are in the new version, go to the 3 lines, click down under View, and click Disable New Acrobat. The same way in the old version. See my screenshot.
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cait dhubhghaill commented
I agree, scaling is missing, and the interface is the worst organized mess I have ever seen. The old interface had everything at your fingertips, now everything is a small picture and they are scattered everywhere. I am going to have to use some other system just to read my pdf's. I try to scroll down for the next page and it takes FOREVER and I have a heavy duty fast computer with mega memory.
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mailing commented
so updated ( accidentally ) to adobe acrobat pro 2023.001.20143 and found just by dumb luck a spot that is worded so ( Show Home screen when all documents are closed) turn this off and no more home screen. only thing now is that when you open acrobat with no documents open it shows the home screen then which at least gets rid of the thing more then half of the time.
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Jorge Rolo commented
I couldn't agree more. Actually, I'm about to change to Foxit PDF Pro.
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Bob Kaster commented
This, 100%. The most annoying aspect is the floating toolbar over the top of the document space. I can work around the buttons being laid out like some kind of art project, but having application elements appearing over the top of the documents I'm trying to review is unacceptable.
At least someone on the programming team had the thought to put a "Disable New Acrobat Reader" option in the view menu. I'll deal with the unresponsiveness of the legacy reader if it means that I can get to the tools and page display preferences I frequently use in a single click.
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Tyler Sandell commented
@Tomáš K - If you're just using reader it's probably not a big deal but, if you've been using advanced features in DC Pro, the new format is incredibly annoying and far from intuitive. Even resizing the window is difficult. Even my friend that's a senior scientist @ Abobe thought it was BS when I showed them.
However, I'm done whining now because @Mustafa-Aljabal was smart enough to find a simple solution and nice enough to share it. Thank you Mustafa! - See his post below.
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mailing commented
the issue is when you close/open a pdf in acrobat the window that stays is the recent window We do not want another window to have to close to get back to work after checking a pdf. the way it was is simple you close the document or documents that you have open and go back to your desktop to work. not have to stop and close another window that has what you just closed it is repetitive, distracting and just plan annoying.