Adobe Reader 8.0 released

[mduser63]

It's still a heck of a lot slower than Preview on my (aging) G4 Powerbook.

Actually, on my Intel iMac, I don't even see the splash screen when opening this new reader. It's as fast if not faster than Preview. However, on my 1.33 GHz PB G4, the splash screen comes up for a few seconds and runs through the typical Adobe "loading fonts, configuring crap, etc" stuff, making it considerably slower than on my Intel iMac.

 

[SiliconAddict]

about fracking time.

 

[amnesiak]

Actually, on my Intel iMac, I don't even see the splash screen when opening this new reader. It's as fast if not faster than Preview. However, on my 1.33 GHz PB G4, the splash screen comes up for a few seconds and runs through the typical Adobe "loading fonts, configuring crap, etc" stuff, making it considerably slower than on my Intel iMac.

i dont know if this makes any difference but there is an option to turn off the splash screen in the preference settings.

 

[the Western zoo]

I think it's faster and better than preview! also pdf is invented by adobe - right? so they must have better insight than apple?

 

[DocVT]

Adobe Reader 8 will not stay running for more than 10 sec

I cannot seem to get Reader 8 to run for more than 10 seconds before is shuts itselft down on my CoreDuo MacBook - no messages. I've done fresh downloads, reinstalled it, deleted Reader Library files, rebooted, and launched it in every way possible with the same result.

Has anyone had a similar experience or a suggestion? Thanks.

 

[mad jew]

You might want to try it out. In my opinion it is less bloated, has a better GUI and is at least as fast as Preview if not slightly faster to launch.

(Note that I'm not saying that it's less bloated or has a better GUI than Preview, I just mean compared to previous versions of Reader.)

Surprisingly it's FAST and the interface is clean.

Mad Jew, I think this may be exactly what you're looking for.

Thanks guys. Yeah, I know it's better than previous versions, but on my PPC machines it's still not as snappy as Preview and I still don't really like the GUI.

 

[bousozoku]

I notice that it still doesn't fit my idea of a native application. When I went to the site to download it, I had to choose a language. Almost anything else comes in one download.

It's not a big deal since it will display whatever language is in the file but it would be nice if Adobe, for once, embraced Mac OS X instead of forcing users to work around them.