Comments on: Foxit 2.3 PDF Reader Includes Tabs http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/ Technology News Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136579 Ryan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:31:44 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136579 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-136476" rel="nofollow">Transcontinental wrote:</a><blockquote>I have Adobe Reader installed, “Adobe Reader Speed Launcher” at boot, I access Adobe Reader in 2-3 seconds and my cpu is only at 1.6MHz … Foxit is nice, until it requires to install this or that plug-in to enable further view… All this for 1 or 2 seconds at most? Not worth it in my opinion. Adobe Reader is complete, it’s just OK!</blockquote>[/div] Personally I don't like having the "speed launcher" installed. All that pretty much does is keep Adobe Reader minimized out of sight. It's essentially running in the background. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-136479" rel="nofollow">andersonshatch wrote:</a><blockquote>Surely Transcontinental means Ghz…. :mrgreen:</blockquote>[/div] Ha... I didn't even notice that at first. If he gets Adobe Reader to startup in 2 seconds on a 1.6<strong>MHz</strong> machine I would be thoroughly impressed. ;) [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-136501" rel="nofollow">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>The “Best Viewer” is actually PDF-Xchange Viewer, by Tracker Software. It loads just slightly slower than Foxit, but it has a much nicer interface and more features, PLUS it lets you add text to PDF documents and save them, for free, unlike Foxit, which makes you buy the “Pro Pack” before you can save altered PDF documents. I’ve compared them and I’m sticking with PDF-Xchange Viewer.</blockquote>[/div] I do love PDF-Xchange Viewer, but one of my favorite things it had was tabs and now Foxit has those. I don't really add notes all that often, and I do believe that Foxit will let you but it will add some sort of watermark to the document. Transcontinental wrote:
I have Adobe Reader installed, “Adobe Reader Speed Launcher” at boot, I access Adobe Reader in 2-3 seconds and my cpu is only at 1.6MHz …

Foxit is nice, until it requires to install this or that plug-in to enable further view…

All this for 1 or 2 seconds at most? Not worth it in my opinion. Adobe Reader is complete, it’s just OK!

Personally I don’t like having the “speed launcher” installed. All that pretty much does is keep Adobe Reader minimized out of sight. It’s essentially running in the background.

andersonshatch wrote:
Surely Transcontinental means Ghz…. :mrgreen:

Ha… I didn’t even notice that at first. If he gets Adobe Reader to startup in 2 seconds on a 1.6MHz machine I would be thoroughly impressed. ;)

Anonymous wrote:
The “Best Viewer” is actually PDF-Xchange Viewer, by Tracker Software. It loads just slightly slower than Foxit, but it has a much nicer interface and more features, PLUS it lets you add text to PDF documents and save them, for free, unlike Foxit, which makes you buy the “Pro Pack” before you can save altered PDF documents. I’ve compared them and I’m sticking with PDF-Xchange Viewer.

I do love PDF-Xchange Viewer, but one of my favorite things it had was tabs and now Foxit has those. I don’t really add notes all that often, and I do believe that Foxit will let you but it will add some sort of watermark to the document.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136501 Anonymous Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:54:10 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136501 The "Best Viewer" is actually PDF-Xchange Viewer, by Tracker Software. It loads just slightly slower than Foxit, but it has a much nicer interface and more features, PLUS it lets you add text to PDF documents and save them, for free, unlike Foxit, which makes you buy the "Pro Pack" before you can save altered PDF documents. I've compared them and I'm sticking with PDF-Xchange Viewer. As for Adobe's reader, I canned that ages ago. It loads slowly and fills up your hard disk and registry with a bunch of junk. Ugh! The “Best Viewer” is actually PDF-Xchange Viewer, by Tracker Software. It loads just slightly slower than Foxit, but it has a much nicer interface and more features, PLUS it lets you add text to PDF documents and save them, for free, unlike Foxit, which makes you buy the “Pro Pack” before you can save altered PDF documents. I’ve compared them and I’m sticking with PDF-Xchange Viewer.

As for Adobe’s reader, I canned that ages ago. It loads slowly and fills up your hard disk and registry with a bunch of junk. Ugh!

]]> By: Transcontinental http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136484 Transcontinental Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:46:38 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136484 1.6MHz like good old CP/M :) Yesterday, CP you see I did love you so, now it seams as if no one's to stay, oh! I believe in the relay ... We are on Ghz, not many, but confirmed :) 1.6MHz like good old CP/M :) Yesterday, CP you see I did love you so, now it seams as if no one’s to stay, oh! I believe in the relay …

We are on Ghz, not many, but confirmed :)

]]> By: andersonshatch http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136479 andersonshatch Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:38:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136479 Surely Transcontinental means Ghz.... :mrgreen: Surely Transcontinental means Ghz…. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Transcontinental http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136476 Transcontinental Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:24:21 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136476 There's a great fashion concerning a systematic opposition to all "institutionalized" software, and a quest as much for their alternatives. Now this is just fine when the alternative is worth it. I have Adobe Reader installed, "Adobe Reader Speed Launcher" at boot, I access Adobe Reader in 2-3 seconds and my cpu is only at 1.6MHz ... Foxit is nice, until it requires to install this or that plug-in to enable further view... All this for 1 or 2 seconds at most? Not worth it in my opinion. Adobe Reader is complete, it's just OK! There’s a great fashion concerning a systematic opposition to all “institutionalized” software, and a quest as much for their alternatives. Now this is just fine when the alternative is worth it.

I have Adobe Reader installed, “Adobe Reader Speed Launcher” at boot, I access Adobe Reader in 2-3 seconds and my cpu is only at 1.6MHz …

Foxit is nice, until it requires to install this or that plug-in to enable further view…

All this for 1 or 2 seconds at most? Not worth it in my opinion. Adobe Reader is complete, it’s just OK!

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136439 Ryan Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:19:15 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136439 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-136420" rel="nofollow">brunofs wrote:</a><blockquote>Wonderful! Sometimes I generate lots of PDFs in sequence, this is very handy. One more thing: They created a ‘firefox like’ search window (not floating, but attached to the interface). I really love this feature. Its annoying that floating thing in the middle of the document.</blockquote>[/div] It's kinda surprising to me that they included so many nice features and yet it didn't get much of a version bump. To me this this felt more like a 3.0 release. brunofs wrote:
Wonderful!
Sometimes I generate lots of PDFs in sequence, this is very handy.

One more thing: They created a ‘firefox like’ search window (not floating, but attached to the interface). I really love this feature. Its annoying that floating thing in the middle of the document.

It’s kinda surprising to me that they included so many nice features and yet it didn’t get much of a version bump. To me this this felt more like a 3.0 release.

]]> By: brunofs http://cybernetnews.com/2008/04/25/foxit-23-pdf-reader-includes-tabs/#comment-136420 brunofs Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:07:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12284#comment-136420 Wonderful! Sometimes I generate lots of PDFs in sequence, this is very handy. One more thing: They created a 'firefox like' search window (not floating, but attached to the interface). I really love this feature. Its annoying that floating thing in the middle of the document. Very nice. Wonderful!
Sometimes I generate lots of PDFs in sequence, this is very handy.

One more thing: They created a ‘firefox like’ search window (not floating, but attached to the interface). I really love this feature. Its annoying that floating thing in the middle of the document.

Very nice.

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