mijcar wrote:
Notechguy wrote:I hope this is not out of line to ask about an ADOBE product, but it does realate in some ways to security.
I downlaoded the new adobe reader (version 9) and the flash player 10
After I noticed the following programs added to my system
Acrobat
Adobe Air
Adobe Flash Player 10
Adobe Reader 9
getPlus for ADOBE
Obviously flash player and reader I wanted. But the acrobat and adobe air, what are they and should they be part of this? I downloaded directly from the adobe site
I also got something
getPlus for Adobe which comes from NOS Microsystems so thats not part of adobe. I pull down some malice?
I doubt you got Acrobat - it costs about $400. i bet you got the freebie Acrobat.com, which is a free file sharing and saving service on line. Allows you access your documents anywhere, or share them with others as you may wish to.
Adobe Air is another in the world of media players/viewers. I haven't tried it, but you might like it. It probably has some special tricks particular to it.
Plus is some kind of club/organization for some kind of Adobe users. I imagine the desktop item is merely a link to a web site where you can join it.
Adobe Reader reads Acrobat (and other) created documents. Yes, it is large, but it also does far more than its so-called replacements. You can receive and fill out forms that are Acrobat creations (more and more government documents, applications from businesses, etc, will be fillable and even submittable on screen if you have a reader that can handle it). You can view 3D images such as architectural renderings, models, etc, and manipulate them to view them at any angle or viewpoint, with or without light orientation, either statically or moving through time. You can listen to embedded sound clips and view embedded video clips. You can print with various strategies (two-sided, back-to-front, even pages or odd pages, more).
I've asked the posters here if the products they recommend can do any or all of these things and based on their silence, I guess the answer is "no". Of course, within fifteen seconds of this post hitting their screen, you can bet they will be posting to tell you why you don't want these capabilities and how Adobe will eat up all your free space and kidnap your family members. It's really up to you. If your machine dates from the 90's and your hard drive is under 5 gigs, you definitely do not want this software on your computer. If you are using a contemporary machine, especially one with one of those 300G drives, I can't think of any real reason not to.
Good luck, whatever you do.
Message Edited by mijcar on 11-12-2008 08:36 PM
Hi mijcar,
You sold me on ADOBE. I do a lot of Government documents and ADOBE is great on them. If you got the system to back it up, what the heck, go for it ! I'll keep ADOBE.
