[G4] Adobe Acrobat Reader v 5.1 vs 6

[Basil Bourque]

> I recall that Adobe came out with a version 6 of the Acrobat Reader.  I
> tried it and it really seemed slow and the flash screen seemed to stay 
> up
> forever.  I may have trashed it because my current .pdf application is
> Acrobat Reader 5.1.
>
> Any good reason to download the newer version?

The new version 6.0 shows promise with a thoughtful re-organization and 
simplification of the toolbar and menus.

But it fails to execute well: it is very sloooow compared to 5.1. 
Opening documents is slow, scrolling/paging is slow, and the new 
sophisticated Find feature is unbelievably slow.

Version 5.0 was buggy and slow, with much improvement in 5.1. 
Hopefully, a 6.1 will similarly improve someday. For now, I'm looking 
for an old copy of the 5.1 installer.

--Basil Bourque