RSSAdobe Reader 8.1 Brings Vista Support
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 6, 2007, 5:09 PM
Adobe on Tuesday released the first major update to both Acrobat and Reader 8.0, adding support for Windows Vista and remote printing capabilities through a partnership with FedEx Kinko's. Version 8.1 (download from FileForum) also brings integration with Microsoft Office 2007.
Acrobat users can now export Office documents to PDF files by right clicking, as well as preview multi-page PDF files from without Outlook 2007. Adobe has additionally added Flash movie playback for Mac users, removing the need to use QuickTime. The new "Send to FedEx Kinko's" toolbar button quickly sends a document to the company's remote printing service, primarily designed for business users when traveling.
Just like Vista, Adobe Reader (especially 8.x) is nothing but bloated garbage, braking out even modern top-of-the-line PCs.
You must be a hardcore masochist to use either.
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|Well, shame on Adobe that so big corporation needs so much time to implement some basic compatibility. I have to say that there are many replacements like Foxit PDF Reader, Sumatra PDF or PDF-XChange PDF Viewer. PDF-XChange has even some Adobe Acrobat functionality, supports multicore rendering, needs far less resources. And all above are free.
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|"Well, shame on Adobe that so big corporation needs so much time to implement some basic compatibility. I have to say that there are many replacements like Foxit PDF Reader, Sumatra PDF or PDF-XChange PDF Viewer. PDF-XChange has even some Adobe Acrobat functionality, supports multicore rendering, needs far less resources. And all above are free."
Just because one would find other alternatives useful, it doesn't mean that they're better. Also, making an excuse that the alternatives are "free" just compounds the error, since Adobe Reader is also free as it says on the Adobe site, and elsewhere.
I don't really care for the "alternatives" since they're most likely knock-offs of the original. It's better to use an original program (i.e: Adobe Reader) than some knock-off.
I have not and will not use any knock-offs, including the much-touted Foxit PDF reader. I will stick with Adobe's reader, since it's way better than the alternatives (as it is my opinion, you can agree with it or not, but I will still say the alternatives pale in comparison).
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|Yeah as I recall reader 8.0 did say Vista was a supported operating system on the download page, so yeah what is the post about? I assume office 2007 support but who knows right.
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|Vista FINAL wasn't supported. If you checked the system requirements before it changed (for 8.0), it had a note saying that it was tested on a pre-release version of Vista. This is the first version of Reader that is supported on the FINAL release version of Vista.
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|FoxIt PDF Reader is still my champion when it comes to PDF files. Small, fast and doesn't crap all over the system. Isn't that what anyone would expect from any program?
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|You forgot to mention its installer app isn't slower than a turtle running a marathon.
FoxIt is a very nice app, much better than Adobe's option..
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|Hey, just like Vista, Acrobat Reader 8.x is a slow performer on the same hardware.
Reader 7.x is much, much faster on my XP system, than 8.x. So, I went back to 7.x.
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|Funny 8.0 brought Vista support according to Adobe...
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|I believe that Betanews messed up again...
When they wrote, "Adobe Reader 8.1 Brings Vista Support", they actually meant, "Adobe Reader 8.1 Brings Further Office 2007 Support"
Shoddy reporting and lack of links to the supporting details are a long-running trait of Betanews' bloggers.
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|Then why do you read news here then?
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|I enjoy reading the alternative perspectives written in the comments. Plus, the site's layout is pretty.
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|It did bring Vista support. If you read the system requirements page for 8.0 properly before it changed, it said that it was tested on a pre-release of Vista and that future versions of Reader are intended to support the FINAL release version. 8.1 is the first version.
I believe that YOU messed up. Probably again!
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