Comments on: 4 Very Light Alternatives to Adobe Reader http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: makbruno http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-429630 makbruno Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-429630 Ditto Ditto

]]> By: Ben Harper (just kiddin') XD http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-428447 Ben Harper (just kiddin') XD Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:47:12 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-428447 Yeah, Sumatra is totally missing here, and Sumatra is _THE SH1T_ ;-) # Less than 2 megs installed/extracted (extracted because it's portable) # GPLv3 (also, no stupid banner ads or useless toolbars, hell, not even a donation button) # Feats: basic nav's, text search, fullscreen reading (but with scrollbar), go to page XYZ, remember (or do *not* remember) latest doc's... # Only thing i'm missing is a really cool PDF file icon, but there are some on wikimedia. HP: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html Yeah, Sumatra is totally missing here, and Sumatra is _THE SH1T_ ;-)
# Less than 2 megs installed/extracted (extracted because it’s portable)
# GPLv3 (also, no stupid banner ads or useless toolbars, hell, not even a donation button)
# Feats: basic nav’s, text search, fullscreen reading (but with scrollbar), go to page XYZ, remember (or do *not* remember) latest doc’s…
# Only thing i’m missing is a really cool PDF file icon, but there are some on wikimedia.

HP: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

]]> By: Mark King http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-414399 Mark King Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:58:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-414399 Foxit is a lot faster than adobe's readers. Foxit is a lot faster than adobe’s readers.

]]> By: Tom http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-392117 Tom Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:09:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-392117 Or just use a <a href="http://www.pdfescape.com" rel="nofollow">web based PDF viewer</a>. This one even lets you edit your PDF files or fill in your PDF forms Or just use a web based PDF viewer. This one even lets you edit your PDF files or fill in your PDF forms

]]> By: Mida http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-391921 Mida Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:28:18 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-391921 Foxit is my favorite what is amazing about foxit its speed i really dont understand why adobe can't make their reader fast like foxit, is it really that hard? Foxit is my favorite what is amazing about foxit its speed i really dont understand why adobe can’t make their reader fast like foxit, is it really that hard?

]]> By: Tana http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-390429 Tana Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:38:21 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-390429 I might have tested it just for the sake of it but since I do need to read the pdfs I had to do something. Needless to say, on Linux the same pdfs are pretty fast, so it must have been a Windows/Acrobat issue. But with PDF-Xchange Viewer even when 2-3 1,000+ page pdfs and a bunch of other files are open, it is still pretty fast. Thanks again! :) I might have tested it just for the sake of it but since I do need to read the pdfs I had to do something. Needless to say, on Linux the same pdfs are pretty fast, so it must have been a Windows/Acrobat issue. But with PDF-Xchange Viewer even when 2-3 1,000+ page pdfs and a bunch of other files are open, it is still pretty fast. Thanks again! :)

]]> By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-390426 Guy McDowell Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-390426 Hey Tana, That's really good to know! I wouldn't have thought to test it with a PDF so large, since that seems exceptional. So it's great to know what works well with PDF's of that size. Again, thank you! Hey Tana,
That’s really good to know! I wouldn’t have thought to test it with a PDF so large, since that seems exceptional. So it’s great to know what works well with PDF’s of that size. Again, thank you!

]]> By: Tana http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-390410 Tana Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:26:19 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-390410 Thanks for the cool suggestions! I have been working on a project with really fat pdfs (CISCO certification training stuff - i.e. pdfs of over 1,000 pages) and Acrobat drove me mad. I know that a computer is never fast enough but in my case it was a torture - and I do have 1GB, which is not exactly next to nothing. I tried Cool PDF but it couldn't handle very well the fat pdfs, especially when I tried to zoom it to 150%. However, PDF-Xchange Viewer works like a charm, even with a pdf of 1,000_ pages, filled with lots of network diagrams! Great stuff! Thanks for the cool suggestions! I have been working on a project with really fat pdfs (CISCO certification training stuff – i.e. pdfs of over 1,000 pages) and Acrobat drove me mad. I know that a computer is never fast enough but in my case it was a torture – and I do have 1GB, which is not exactly next to nothing.
I tried Cool PDF but it couldn’t handle very well the fat pdfs, especially when I tried to zoom it to 150%. However, PDF-Xchange Viewer works like a charm, even with a pdf of 1,000_ pages, filled with lots of network diagrams! Great stuff!

]]> By: Joao Brito http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-389355 Joao Brito Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:30:14 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-389355 I haven't had any performance issues with any of the PDF readers I've tried, including foxit, sumatra, Adobe Reader and now PDF X-Change Viewer. Adobe Reader perhaps takes longer to load, but it's a matter of seconds. But now I can highly recommend X-Change Viewer, because it has annotation features you'll only get in Adobe Pro. Now, hellboy, if you load really large files in hell, perhaps you're the one to tell us about devilish performance. I haven’t had any performance issues with any of the PDF readers I’ve tried, including foxit, sumatra, Adobe Reader and now PDF X-Change Viewer. Adobe Reader perhaps takes longer to load, but it’s a matter of seconds. But now I can highly recommend X-Change Viewer, because it has annotation features you’ll only get in Adobe Pro. Now, hellboy, if you load really large files in hell, perhaps you’re the one to tell us about devilish performance.

]]> By: hellboy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-quadruple-of-light-alternatives-to-adobe-reader/#comment-389082 hellboy Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18458#comment-389082 please tell me which is fast ? foxit vs pdf x-change ? please tell me which is fast ? foxit vs pdf x-change ?

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