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Sick of Adobe Reader? So am I. |
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Friday, 08 September 2006 |
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When I recently reloaded Windows onto one of my laptops, I decided that I would get everything pristine, and then make an image so that I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of all of that work again. So, I proceeded to install all of my programs that I commonly use, Firefox and extensions, etc. When I got to the point that I needed to install a PDF reader, I really didn't wan't Adobe Reader on my system ever again. It constantly tries to update, and when it updates, it installs the Yahoo toolbar, which is crapware (although I don't use IE, it still takes my resources). Also, Adobe Reader is now gigantic in size, and extremely slow. Its browser integration into firefox sucks. So, what did I do? I searched for an alternative. I found foxit reader. Its free, and it has a super small footprint compared to Adobe Acrobat. It even loads large PDF files quickly. It doesn't integrate into firefox, but I really don't want that, because usually PDFs crash firefox anyway. Instead, Firefox sees it as the default PDF reader, and gives you the option to open it in Foxit. All in all, this is a great little program! http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php#
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