I don’t have problems with Acrobat anymore (whether it’s because the program has improved or whatever, I don’t know), but when you think about it, it should be courtesy to warn people about any link that isn’t to a stock standard website. If I put a link to a Word file, I’d include a note to say it’s a Word file. It just happens that PDFs are the most common non HTML link you’re likely to get on the SDMB.
Except it doesn’t seem to check for available memory allocation before using it. In a computer low on RAM, it writes over anything in its path. Not good.
I agree - it’s just common courtesy to warn people when a link will open anything other than a normal page in their browser - such as a pdf, or a page that plays audio or video automatically on opening, or is NSFW, etc.
Of course not everyone sees the point of that, but then, maybe common courtesy needs a new name.
Because it’s required for compliance for the Americans with Disabilities Acts. People using a screen reader need to know what format a page is in if it’s not html. Some screen readers can’t read PDFs correctly.