Adobe Reader or what ?

jamjar · 14 Oct 2007 at 14:57

Hi there is Adobe reader 8 the best type of pdf reader ,or is there anything better ? as i have heard is is very much a memory hog etc ? :confused:

Burnsy2023 · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:06

Foxit reader is so much better. Try it

Burnsy

zpos · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:17

Foxit has read everything I've thrown at it. Doesn't include the all the bloatedness of adobe pdf reader.

Foxit loads up real quickly too.

Foxit 2.2 available here http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

z

jamjar · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:59

zpos said:
Foxit has read everything I've thrown at it. Doesn't include the all the bloatedness of adobe pdf reader.

Foxit loads up real quickly too.

Foxit 2.2 available here http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

z

Whats the difference with or without the toolbar ? :confused:

MarcLister · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:08

Foxit is brilliant. I download the extractable version so I don't have an installer to worry about.

There is also SumatraPDF. Its ok but there is something I don't like about it. Can't put my finger on it though.

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/

Jimmy1983 · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:35

Burnsy2023 said:
Foxit reader is so much better. Try it

Burnsy

coolios, sounds good.

Will use this from now on

AJUK · 14 Oct 2007 at 16:37

Sumatra is work a look as well. Fast, free and simple.

jamjar · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:43

Jimmy1983 said:
coolios, sounds good.

Will use this from now on

Just downloaded this and its great ! quick and not as overloaded as Adobe

macca672 · 14 Oct 2007 at 17:58

another vote for foxit

zpos · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:18

Yes, foxit is a breath of fresh air.

I got fedup with all the Adobe processes running and checking for updates and downloading all sorts of items - they weren't small downloads either. Adobe was hogging my resources and staying resident even though I'd shut it down. Lord knows what adobe is doing that foxit can do in such a small package!

"Adobe reader, took us to a new level for document reading, but then just went too far!"

I'll get of me soap box.

z

Bony Maloney · 14 Oct 2007 at 18:36

Foxit

MarcLister · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:57

zpos said:
Adobe was hogging my resources and staying resident even though I'd shut it down. Lord knows what adobe is doing that foxit can do in such a small package!

Yeah Adobe was good, ages ago. I haven't used the reader since version 6 I think. Its just so bloated and as you say, Foxit does all I need it to do in one little app with no services or a several hundred megabyte install like Adobe Reader on my flatmate's laptop. :eek:

AndyC · 15 Oct 2007 at 07:44

After this thread just installed Foxit, well impressed 3Mb and loads really fast, can't tell the difference and nothing in msconfig and startup,

Jimmy1983 · 15 Oct 2007 at 17:24

Cheers for this, just installed it