PDF Files/Acrobat - anyone else avoid like the plague?

[scooterscot]

I avoid Acrobat like the plague, but I don't mind PDF as such, probably because it's a native format on OS X and iOS.

Which addresses your first point, BTW: you have such a horrible experience because of Acrobat, not the file format. Even on my old iPhone 3GS, PDF rendering speed is perfectly acceptable.

WHS -

In OS X I view the same PDF using Preview without a problem, very responsive. Open it in Acrobat and computer burns a hole in the desk.

[Platypus]

I've just had files sent to me in PDF because some numpty thought they'd be 'safer as read-only'.

:rolleyes

Well for most numpties, it's more than trivially difficult to "crack open" a protected PDF file, copy its content, and so on. So it's likely safe from 95% of people.