Bloatware

I know that my Windows version of 'Adobe Reader' (I'm stopping at 7.0) offers useless (to me) stuff like 'speak out loud', 'Internet Printing', 'comments lists'.... this program used to be called a READER, but now it is more of a HANDLER. But I didn't ask for these features; I'm the victim of enforced bloat.

I think that Adobe needs to 'rethink' the complexity of their current approach.

I'm now more in favor of other fixed and open document formats like JPEG or RTF..... the output file sizes are much smaller than PDF files that show the same content, and almost everything can read JPEG or RTF files. Yeah, JPEG or RTF are not as secure, but output files are a LOT smaller, and on the 'reader' side, PC users need almost nothing.

When was the last time I used Adobe Reader for anything aside from viewing and/or printing the file? Answer: so far, one time in my life did I do more with a PDF than view or print.

With all the unplanned (unrequested) upgrading that takes place, such as when a document creator accidentally saves as version 8 instead of a lesser format (with no other reason for selecting version 8), or when someone forces a certain feature (like watermarking for a user manual).... these actions force needless upgrading on the user end. So I'd rather stick with common image viewer programs or universal document formats than suffer ever increasing application downloads (that may add features that introduce security issues ... such as printing over the internet).

And look at that 47.8 megger that the Linux version of Adobe Reader now weighs in at, only to get heavier in the coming years.

Nope; from now on, for me, this PDF thing is the wrong path to take.