RE: Concurrent Installations of Adobe Acrobat and Reader

[Dov Isaacs]

Yes, I do have comments.

Yes, Reader X and Acrobat X can co-reside on the same system and do have a 
rudimentary
means of allowing switching back and forth.

Personally, I would strongly NOT recommend this type of configuration EXCEPT 
for end-users
who love to open e-mail attachments from unknown senders offering them 50-50 
splits on
unclaimed millions of dollars from a disgraced ex-oil minister from Nigeria.

Reader X does have a Protected Mode of operation which protects users from 
side affect
problems associated with malicious attacks caused by purposely hacked PDF 
files. This
Protected Mode of operation is currently not implemented in Acrobat itself 
(this is NOT
an announcement or statement of intent one way or the other).

What you pay for having concurrent Reader and Acrobat installation is:

(1) Performance hits, most often small but could be noticeable, when 
processing a PDF
file with Reader X with Protected Mode enabled.

(2) The inconvenience of having to frequently reset the preferences as to 
which of
Reader or Acrobat owns the .PDF suffix or the pain in the tuchas of having to 
open
PDF files by explicitly running Acrobat and then opening the file in question. 
Obviously
there are quite a few functions that Reader cannot perform that you will need 
Acrobat for.

If you have reliable anti-virus software installed on your system that updates 
its
definitions on a very regular basis and you enable scanning of e-mail 
attachments by
that anti-virus software, the Protected Mode or Reader X probably offers you 
relatively
little extra protection.

Per previous threads on this topic, Reader doesn't really provide any benefits 
for
purposes of testing a generated PDF file in a customer's environment given 
that you
have the same exact fonts visible in Reader as you do in Acrobat.

Bottom line is that if you are paranoid and can exercise the discipline of 
switching
back and forth between Reader X and Acrobat X as necessary to get your work 
done,
go for it! Otherwise, I would recommend prudent system management of files and 
use
of Acrobat only.

- Dov




 -Original Message-
 From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
 [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
 Mike Wickham
 Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:39 PM
 To: Frame Users
 Subject: Concurrent Installations of Adobe Acrobat and Reader
 
 Hmmm... this is interesting. I stumbled upon it while searching for the
 still unavailable 64-bit PDF iFilter v10. Adobe representatives have
 been telling us for years not to have multiple Acrobat/Reader
 installations on the same computer, but this seems to have changed with
 Acrobat X. Adobe now appears to be saying that there is an advantage to
 having both Acrobat X and Reader X installed because Reader X has a
 protected mode that is more secure for viewing. Does anyone have
 comments? Dov?
 
 Here's the link to the Adobe article:
 http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/874/cpsid_87424.html
 
 Mike Wickham
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Concurrent Installations of Adobe Acrobat and Reader

[Mike Wickham]

Hmmm... this is interesting. I stumbled upon it while searching for the 
still unavailable 64-bit PDF iFilter v10. Adobe representatives have 
been telling us for years not to have multiple Acrobat/Reader 
installations on the same computer, but this seems to have changed with 
Acrobat X. Adobe now appears to be saying that there is an advantage to 
having both Acrobat X and Reader X installed because Reader X has a 
protected mode that is more secure for viewing. Does anyone have 
comments? Dov?

Here's the link to the Adobe article:


Mike Wickham

Concurrent Installations of Adobe Acrobat and Reader

[Dov Isaacs]

Yes, I do have comments.

Yes, Reader X and Acrobat X can co-reside on the same system and do have a 
rudimentary
means of allowing switching back and forth.

Personally, I would strongly NOT recommend this type of configuration EXCEPT 
for end-users
who love to open e-mail attachments from unknown senders offering them 50-50 
splits on
unclaimed millions of dollars from a disgraced ex-oil minister from Nigeria.

Reader X does have a "Protected Mode" of operation which protects users from 
side affect
problems associated with malicious attacks caused by purposely hacked PDF 
files. This
"Protected Mode" of operation is currently not implemented in Acrobat itself 
(this is NOT
an announcement or statement of intent one way or the other).

What you "pay" for having concurrent Reader and Acrobat installation is:

(1) Performance hits, most often small but could be noticeable, when 
processing a PDF
file with Reader X with "Protected Mode" enabled.

(2) The inconvenience of having to frequently reset the preferences as to 
which of
Reader or Acrobat "owns" the .PDF suffix or the pain in the tuchas of having to 
open
PDF files by explicitly running Acrobat and then opening the file in question. 
Obviously
there are quite a few functions that Reader cannot perform that you will need 
Acrobat for.

If you have reliable anti-virus software installed on your system that updates 
its
definitions on a very regular basis and you enable scanning of e-mail 
attachments by
that anti-virus software, the "Protected Mode" or Reader X probably offers you 
relatively
little extra protection.

Per previous threads on this topic, Reader doesn't really provide any benefits 
for
purposes of "testing" a generated PDF file in a customer's environment given 
that you
have the same exact fonts visible in Reader as you do in Acrobat.

Bottom line is that if you are paranoid and can exercise the discipline of 
switching
back and forth between Reader X and Acrobat X as necessary to get your work 
done,
go for it! Otherwise, I would recommend prudent system management of files and 
use
of Acrobat only.

- Dov




> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at 
> lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike Wickham
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:39 PM
> To: Frame Users
> Subject: Concurrent Installations of Adobe Acrobat and Reader
> 
> Hmmm... this is interesting. I stumbled upon it while searching for the
> still unavailable 64-bit PDF iFilter v10. Adobe representatives have
> been telling us for years not to have multiple Acrobat/Reader
> installations on the same computer, but this seems to have changed with
> Acrobat X. Adobe now appears to be saying that there is an advantage to
> having both Acrobat X and Reader X installed because Reader X has a
> protected mode that is more secure for viewing. Does anyone have
> comments? Dov?
> 
> Here's the link to the Adobe article:
> <http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/874/cpsid_87424.html>
> 
> Mike Wickham

Concurrent Installations of Adobe Acrobat and Reader

[Mike Wickham]

Hmmm... this is interesting. I stumbled upon it while searching for the 
still unavailable 64-bit PDF iFilter v10. Adobe representatives have 
been telling us for years not to have multiple Acrobat/Reader 
installations on the same computer, but this seems to have changed with 
Acrobat X. Adobe now appears to be saying that there is an advantage to 
having both Acrobat X and Reader X installed because Reader X has a 
protected mode that is more secure for viewing. Does anyone have 
comments? Dov?


Here's the link to the Adobe article:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/874/cpsid_87424.html

Mike Wickham

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