acrobat reader alternative

_uNDeRsCoRE · Post by **_uNDeRsCoRE** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:56 pm

hi there,

i juz installed this acrobat reader alternative

Foxit PDF Reader Free!
A free reader/viewer/printer for PDF documents. Unlike Adobe® Reader, this one has size less than 1M, needs no installation and opens up immediately.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Beta Version:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/beta/pdfrd.zip

Current Version:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pdfrd.zip

'juz happy sharing

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:47 am

What made u look for an alternative?

_uNDeRsCoRE · Post by **_uNDeRsCoRE** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:18 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:What made u look for an alternative?

becoz its lean, fast, thats all i want for a viewer

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:03 am

Cool.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:43 pm

Thanks I needed an alternative

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:34 pm

cool i'll have to check it out. i use adobe reader 5.0 since it's alot faster and smaller size then version 6 and 7...

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:03 pm

Nice.

Much faster. It's a keeper.

_uNDeRsCoRE · Post by **_uNDeRsCoRE** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:36 am

Foxit Reader is a free reader for PDF (eBook) documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it.

Foxit PDF Reader 1.3 Beta

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:28 am

_uNDeRsCoRE wrote:becoz its lean, fast, thats all i want for a viewer

green for you!

_uNDeRsCoRE · Post by **_uNDeRsCoRE** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:39 pm

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

new build, new version

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:03 pm

I used it for a while but it didn't render some things properly, some of the test was ragged, bar codes didn't show up, etc. I'm not sure if it was just unimplemented at the time...but I had to switch back. It is definitely faster though.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:09 pm

Never had a problem with it.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:58 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Never had a problem with it.

the problem showed only for insurance statements. it was probably b/c they were made w/ some newer features or something. mebe the beta has them implemented.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:19 pm

I couldn't get it to open a PDF the other day when clicking on a link.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:26 pm

yea u need to set windows to use it as ur default pdf proggie

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:05 pm

Amro wrote:yea u need to set windows to use it as ur default pdf proggie

Yeah that's what I figured. I wasn't in the mood to do it right then and there

So I went back to adobe reader 7

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:11 am

CableDude wrote:Yeah that's what I figured. I wasn't in the mood to do it right then and there

So I went back to adobe reader 7

Ya and its so difficult too! I mean you have to go through 2 clicks in the program! lol

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:02 pm

Oh my GOD.

This thing is 100000000000000000000000000000000000000% faster than Adobloate.

I can finally scroll through IRS PDF docs like the wind.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:03 pm

Adobloate

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:11 pm

Talk about a conspiracy.

I uninstalled Acrobat, deleted its folder, and when I try to manually associate Foxreader with PDF files, it randomly assigns a totally different program instead.

EDIT: When I change to the Foxit exectuable, Windows refuses to recognize it and assigns the next one in the program list. WTF.

EDIT 2: I was just trying it manually for the hell of it, the option to set it as default works like a charm. ****ing Windows.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:01 pm

I was having the exact same proble Burke posted above.

_uNDeRsCoRE · Post by **_uNDeRsCoRE** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:10 pm

under the Help menu, >> "Set to default PDF Reader".

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:26 am

_uNDeRsCoRE wrote:under the Help menu, >> "Set to default PDF Reader".

I'll try that next time.

_uNDeRsCoRE · Post by **_uNDeRsCoRE** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:03 pm

an update guys

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader ... reader.htm