MicrosoftMy experience since the changeover has been that the Adobe-based PDF Reader in Edge is slower in every way - loading, rendering (especially), and searching.
My local city council's monthly meetings include a 50-100 PDF containing the agenda, and when loaded in the "legacy" PDF reader, the first page loads instantly and subsequent pages load within a second or two, especially if I read from top to bottom. With the Adobe-based one, I can be waiting closer to 20 seconds, even on early pages (and the further down the page is, the longer the wait). Additionally, with the latter, if I search in such a document, it will take a while to find results, and when it does, scrolling to those results renders a blank page for a frustrating length of time.
I am personally very much against the removal of the old PDF reader. Just because Adobe makes the new one, doesn't mean it's better.
That is sad to hear. It still hasn't rolled out to my managed work computer. I always stand by the fact that Adobe is trying to do too much and its products suffer for it. The accessibly tools in Acrobat are the most inaccessible to access.
What is the read aloud function in the new version? Better or worst?
