New look is unintuitive, awkward, not flexible, and not familiar
The new look has moved everything around. It is also unintuitive and awkward, making it very difficult to find and use things I need to use frequently. There is also no option to resize panes (which the old interface had), and I can't move toolbars around or otherwise customize it to be closer to what I am familiar with. To use the new look I have to re-learn everything. In the past updates were done to provide improvements without making major changes to layout, why change something that was working well? It's OK to change things bit by bit. Users can learn a little something new now and again. But to change everything all at once is a terrible choice. I can't work with this new interface and I don't have time to waste figuring it all out. I turned it off and hope you NEVER force people to move to this awful new interface.
Twila Rios
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Robin Surface commented
So, basically what Ashish from Adobe is saying is, "Too bad you don't like this and it makes things more difficult for you - we're not changing anything and you'll learn to live with it!"
What benefits are these changes supposed to be giving the user? From my perspective, there are none - only problems.
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AdminAshish Rawat (Adobe)
(Admin, Adobe)
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Hi, We appreciate the time and effort you took to leave us a remark since we're constantly searching for ways to make Acrobat better.
We acknowledge that the new Acrobat represents a notable change, however we hope that as you get familiar with the new interface, you are able to be more productive & get more out of Acrobat.
We allow lot of customization in the app. For example - you can drag drop the tools in All tools left pane to reorder your tools. Similarly, the top left toolbar (Quick tools) can also be customized using Customization window that comes on clicking ... button at the bottom of the toolbar. We are in the process of adding more customizations in the app.
With the new release, the floating Quick tools bar on the left is now draggable. So, now you can bring it closer to your work space.
The navigation tools for PDFs have all been gathered and placed to the right. These tools were arranged specifically for each platform, whether desktop, mobile, tablet, or mobile, making sure that the tool layout remained intuitive, optimized, and purposeful regardless of where the user was on Acrobat. And like in old interface you can also use same keyboard shortcuts to zoom and navigate - https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html
Panes on the right like Comments, Bookmarks, Thumbnail navigation can be resized like in old layout.
A point to note is that as we made these changes in the interface, we have ensured all tools & features that are currently supported, retain their familiar functionalities and workflows as they did in the previous version. We are proactively addressing any gaps or issues reported by users related to any break in current workflows.
We are also updated our helpx page that will assist you better - https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/new-acrobat-experience.html
Please stay tuned for more of our upcoming releases as we are constantly working on improving the new experience.
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Kristin
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how to get back to the more natual and organic user interface by going Menu and then selecting "Disable New Acrobat" for anyone having issues with the bad UI.