Comment Need to focus on some basic functionality (Score 1) 265
Eye candy may be important for some users, but IMHO Evince needs to improve what I consider basic usability first.
I try to use Evince as much as I can, but it still has problems that force me to use Adobe some of the time. I use a lot of fill-in pdf files like IRS forms. Evince (to the best of my knowledge) is not able to tab between fields. You have to mouse click on each field, which makes it relatively unusable. It opens in huge windows that span desktops, so each time I open a file in it I have to maximize the window to get it all in my current desktop. I tried to print a file yesterday and it crashed and closed all instances of it. Adobe then printed the file no problem. Evince will not print multiple copies.
If this is a case of RTFM, then please excuse my ignorance and point me to where I can find decent documentation. When I am trying to complete a job I don't really want to get off the clock to spend substantial time figuring out how a software product works. Instead, I deal with the quirks and resort to Adobe when needed.
I try to use Evince as much as I can, but it still has problems that force me to use Adobe some of the time. I use a lot of fill-in pdf files like IRS forms. Evince (to the best of my knowledge) is not able to tab between fields. You have to mouse click on each field, which makes it relatively unusable. It opens in huge windows that span desktops, so each time I open a file in it I have to maximize the window to get it all in my current desktop. I tried to print a file yesterday and it crashed and closed all instances of it. Adobe then printed the file no problem. Evince will not print multiple copies.
If this is a case of RTFM, then please excuse my ignorance and point me to where I can find decent documentation. When I am trying to complete a job I don't really want to get off the clock to spend substantial time figuring out how a software product works. Instead, I deal with the quirks and resort to Adobe when needed.
