Adobe Acrobat Reader DC released

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Yes, you read that correctly. Instead of Adobe Reader XII they named it 'Adobe Acrobat Reader DC', where DC stands for 'Document Cloud'. 

 

More information here. 

 

Download: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC v. 2015.007.2033

 

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Here are the direct download links...

 

Windows: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/AcrobatDC/1500720033/AcroRdrDC1500720033_en_US.exe

OS X: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/AcrobatDC/1500720033/AcroRdrDC_1500720033_MUI.dmg

 

Customization Wizard DC

Windows: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/AcrobatDC/misc/CustWiz1500720033_en_US_DC.exe

OS X: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/mac/AcrobatDC/misc/AdobeCustomizationWizard1500720033_DC.dmg

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PGHammer

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Wait edit PDF with the reader?

Several sorts of PDFs are actually fill-in forms (such as certain government forms) - this was supported in Adobe Reader starting with X. It is, in fact, the last advantage Adobe Reader has over Microsoft Reader when it comes to PDFs in Windows 8 or later.

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After many years of being an Adobe Reader supporter/user, I finally just gave up on it late last year and switched to using SumatraPDF for my PDF reading duties. I know some browsers can do PDFs natively but I prefer to have local copies of such files in all situations (so I download them whenever I encounter them). It loads in the blink of an eye (far cry from Adobe Reader's bloated infrastructure even with tweaks), is deadly efficient and small and just gets it done well enough for my needs now.

 

Just 'cause storage space is cheap and computers are fast(er) nowadays doesn't mean code needs to be so incredibly bloated and wasteful which is exactly what happened with Reader over the years. This new "document cloud" crap, I'll pass, thanks. :(

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Ace

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Keep it simple. 

 

Isn't that what Adobe have done?

 

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After many years of being an Adobe Reader supporter/user, I finally just gave up on it late last year and switched to using SumatraPDF for my PDF reading duties. It loads in the blink of an eye (far cry from Adobe Reader's bloated infrastructure even with tweaks), is deadly efficient and small and just gets it done well enough for my needs now.

 

So does Acrobat Reader DC. You should try it. :)

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xiralos

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Did they ever fix it where you have to reboot your whole computer just to update the stupid thing? I haven't used Adobe Reader in forever because of that..That, and how slow it was..

 

I just updated via Creative Cloud and it did not reboot. I was previously on Acrobat XI Pro.

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Anibal P

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Did they ever fix it where you have to reboot your whole computer just to update the stupid thing? I haven't used Adobe Reader in forever because of that..That, and how slow it was..

 

This has to be THE dumbest reason to nit use an app, your poor leet uptime will be messed with 

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Shadrack

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This has to be THE dumbest reason to nit use an app, your poor leet uptime will be messed with 

 

I'm sure he has a lot of other reasons why he doesn't use Adobe Reader. But lets keep talking about the ridiculousness of the frequency of updates and the requested reboots that should be unnecessary in 2015, because it really is ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as someone defending it.

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After many years of being an Adobe Reader supporter/user, I finally just gave up on it late last year and switched to using SumatraPDF for my PDF reading duties. I know some browsers can do PDFs natively but I prefer to have local copies of such files in all situations (so I download them whenever I encounter them). It loads in the blink of an eye (far cry from Adobe Reader's bloated infrastructure even with tweaks), is deadly efficient and small and just gets it done well enough for my needs now.

 

Just 'cause storage space is cheap and computers are fast(er) nowadays doesn't mean code needs to be so incredibly bloated and wasteful which is exactly what happened with Reader over the years. This new "document cloud" crap, I'll pass, thanks. :(

Hmmm.. thanks for mentioning that... I'll try this.  I been trying to not install Adobe PDF Reader for a long time cos of the bloat and no preview icons...

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I'm sure he has a lot of other reasons why he doesn't use Adobe Reader. But lets keep talking about the ridiculousness of the frequency of updates and the requested reboots that should be unnecessary in 2015, because it really is ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as someone defending it.

 

Updates every few months and no reboots. I even went from XII to DC without a problem. Adobe certainly deserves its share of critiscm but people should stop complaining about stuff from years ago. Also the new version seems to be faster and slimmer (not that I ever had any issues with the last few versions).

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