Betalogue

Let’s see… This is taken from the “Startup” pane in Acrobat 7.0’s “Preferences” dialog box:

This is taken from the “Reviewing” pane in Acrobat 7.0’s “Preferences” dialog box:

This is taken from Acrobat 7.0’s “Comments” menu:

And finally, this is what happens when you take one of the subdivisions of Acrobat 7.0’s toolbar and start moving it around:

I am not talking about rare things that only advanced users will encounter once in a blue moon here. I am talking about things that every Acrobat 7.0 user can see, that are right in his face, and the only word that comes to mind to describe such a lack of polish is shameful.

It really as if Adobe didn’t care. They have never been big user interface experts, but there is a difference between providing an “ordinary” UI, and providing one that lacks even the most fundamental level of polish. This is an application that people pay hundreds of dollars for. It’s downright insulting.

This entry was posted by Pierre Igot on Saturday, September 17th, 2005 at 11:21 am and is filed under Macintosh. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.