B
badgolferman
Tell me why I should use Foxit Reader over the newest Adobe Acrobat
Reader 7.
Reader 7.
J
John Jay Smith
Simple: it loads 5 times faster! lol
and is a no install app....
the only thing that I could say I would miss is that adobe acrobat adds an
extenstion to windows explorer
so that you can see thumbnails of PDFs....
but thats not so important for pdfs anyway
and is a no install app....
the only thing that I could say I would miss is that adobe acrobat adds an
extenstion to windows explorer
so that you can see thumbnails of PDFs....
but thats not so important for pdfs anyway
H
HVS
On 25 Apr 2006, badgolferman wrote
It opens *really* fast -- virtually no loading time at all.
(There's also no bloat, and it's a non-installing app, but "FAST"
is what attracted me to it.)
It opens *really* fast -- virtually no loading time at all.
(There's also no bloat, and it's a non-installing app, but "FAST"
is what attracted me to it.)
D
Daniel Mandic
Hi John Jay!
I have installed Version 6 of Adobe.
The problem I have is, sometimes it is blazing fast and when using it
longer (scrolling down and up) it gets totally lame. ?
Starting it again does not help, and then, an other time the same pdf
goes blazing fast again!?
I think Ver.5 does not variate in speed so much. 7 is not possible...
probably a 3000MHz-up machine is needed.
Kind Regards,
Daniel Mandic
I have installed Version 6 of Adobe.
The problem I have is, sometimes it is blazing fast and when using it
longer (scrolling down and up) it gets totally lame. ?
Starting it again does not help, and then, an other time the same pdf
goes blazing fast again!?
I think Ver.5 does not variate in speed so much. 7 is not possible...
probably a 3000MHz-up machine is needed.
Kind Regards,
Daniel Mandic
M
Mikey S.
Reasons galore!
One file,
no install,
no hidden files,
configurable,
minimal registry key(s)/alterations,
does not hang,
super fast loading,
no bloat,
the more you use it, the more you appreciate an application that simply does
what it should.
Mikey S.
One file,
no install,
no hidden files,
configurable,
minimal registry key(s)/alterations,
does not hang,
super fast loading,
no bloat,
the more you use it, the more you appreciate an application that simply does
what it should.
Mikey S.
B
Beck
badgolferman said:
Its really fast and alot less bloated.
R
rmaniacnyc
it's faster(no memory hog plugin etc) and it has better print options
like zoom with print preview
like zoom with print preview
J
John Jay Smith
Daniel, version 6 was very bad.... try the latest 7.xx
they improved performance...
have you compared 6 with 7?
there is a tool where you disable various plugins so it loads faster.. I
will look for it and post back
they improved performance...
have you compared 6 with 7?
there is a tool where you disable various plugins so it loads faster.. I
will look for it and post back
H
HVS
On 25 Apr 2006, John Jay Smith wrote
But there's no incentive for him to try Version 7, whether or not
it's improved.
I'm like Daniel -- I gave up on Adobe at Version 6, because it was
so awful. I then found a substitute, and even if Verson 7 is
better -- once an extra tool is used to disable plug-ins -- why
would one bother trying it?
My take on this is that Adobe blew their chance with Version 6, and
that there's no reason to bother trying Version 7 now that I've
found a nice, clean, fast, non-install alternative.
But there's no incentive for him to try Version 7, whether or not
it's improved.
I'm like Daniel -- I gave up on Adobe at Version 6, because it was
so awful. I then found a substitute, and even if Verson 7 is
better -- once an extra tool is used to disable plug-ins -- why
would one bother trying it?
My take on this is that Adobe blew their chance with Version 6, and
that there's no reason to bother trying Version 7 now that I've
found a nice, clean, fast, non-install alternative.
J
John Jay Smith
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1069854583/1
Adobe Reader Speed-Up significantly decreases the amount of time required
for Adobe Reader to start by disabling most of the least used plugins.
Plugins can be freely enabled and disabled, if required.
Currently supports free and full versions of Adobe Acrobat v3.0, v4.0,
v4.0.5, v5.0, v5.0 CE, v5.1, v5.5, and Adobe Reader v6.0, v6.0.1, and v7.0.
Latest Changes:
a.. Added: StartupPause value to the Deployment.ini file; this value tells
ARSU to wait the specified number of seconds before actually deploying
b.. Added: Turkish translation , Russian translation
c.. Other: ARSU is now truly silent during the deployment process
Adobe Reader Speed-Up significantly decreases the amount of time required
for Adobe Reader to start by disabling most of the least used plugins.
Plugins can be freely enabled and disabled, if required.
Currently supports free and full versions of Adobe Acrobat v3.0, v4.0,
v4.0.5, v5.0, v5.0 CE, v5.1, v5.5, and Adobe Reader v6.0, v6.0.1, and v7.0.
Latest Changes:
a.. Added: StartupPause value to the Deployment.ini file; this value tells
ARSU to wait the specified number of seconds before actually deploying
b.. Added: Turkish translation , Russian translation
c.. Other: ARSU is now truly silent during the deployment process
J
John Jay Smith
I agree... I have not installed acrobat myself.. however.. there
are functions acrobat has that foxit doesnt and some might want them...
if there was a no-install version of acrobat 7 I would have it on my pc
are functions acrobat has that foxit doesnt and some might want them...
if there was a no-install version of acrobat 7 I would have it on my pc
H
HVS
On 25 Apr 2006, John Jay Smith wrote
That's fair enough
There's never been anything missing for me in Foxit, but if I *had*
to have Acrobat on my machine for some specific feature, I think
I'd keep it in reserve as a non-default app.
That's fair enough
There's never been anything missing for me in Foxit, but if I *had*
to have Acrobat on my machine for some specific feature, I think
I'd keep it in reserve as a non-default app.
D
Daniel Mandic
John said:
Hmmm, you think so. I have tried 7. Well, I'll try it again.
I would rather say, 7 is set up for <3GHz by default. But disabling the
rendering-features, have not speeded up my machine so much. There,
where I have suggested the possibility for the slow-down. :-|
It seems to me, it is a CPU - Cache - Ram - Manufacturer (AMD or i) -
Trouble with Adobe Reader Free.
RISC-sidecore!?I am not a professional programmer, but I would like to know (6 and 7)
why it does behave so.
Sometimes I page down as it were a .txt file, and then it lames down
with the same pdf, needing a sec. or two and more, for only one page
:-|. Abstrusely wise, 'GS-View' is then also lamed!?
Well, OK---
now I have tried. I started Gs-View with a 3MB pdf...lame. Then Adobe6... blazing fast. I closed both and started 'Gsview'
again - lame, and Adobe works blazing fast again, when new started. But
I know that pdf-file and it can occur, that Adobe lames down as well. ?
Best Regards,
Daniel Mandic
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Daniel Mandic
John said:
Hmmmm, I ll try Foxit.
The problem is when paging back in docs. :-( It gets totally lame, and
when paging down again not better. And now with 7 installed, even more.
Main-Memory is enough. The first downscrolling works fast and after the
first up-movement it lames. ?
Best Regards,
Daniel Mandic
J
John Jay Smith
Daniel take a look to see if cleartype is enabled on Acrobat...and disable
it....
Have you ever encounterd this scolling problem with other things like for
example web pages?
could it be your video adaptor drivers? Slow scolling is usually tied with a
problem with the
drivers of the display adaptor....
it....
Have you ever encounterd this scolling problem with other things like for
example web pages?
could it be your video adaptor drivers? Slow scolling is usually tied with a
problem with the
drivers of the display adaptor....
F
Franklin
Foxit is fast. And Foxit does not install a ton of files on your
machine nor does it put various routines in the autostart which is what
Adobe reader does.
However, much as I love Foxit I also have Adobe Reader installed because
sometimes Foxit doesn't always seem to get the layout and fonts dead
right. Don't know why this should be. Maybe it's my touch it doesn't
like!
D
Daniel Mandic
John said:
I'll do.
Have you ever encounterd this scolling problem with other things like
for example web pages?
could it be your video adaptor drivers? Slow scolling is usually tied
with a problem with the drivers of the display adaptor....
The Matrox Parhelia gave the promised 220% speedup in GDI and over
1000% in 3D/DX/OGL, compared to the G400/450 I had before. No, the
machine and XP/DOS are working very fast, indeed. I guess it has
something to do with the 2nd Level-cache, Prefetch-Logic and so - maybe
it can be out-programmed so that it runs lame (with intent).
Kind Regards,
Daniel Mandic
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Daniel Mandic
Daniel Mandic wrote:
hmmm, more possibly the 1st level cache. Maybe it is optimized for a
128K 1st-LevelCache present!?
hmmm, more possibly the 1st level cache. Maybe it is optimized for a
128K 1st-LevelCache present!?
D
Daniel Mandic
Daniel said:
Sorry to say that, but Foxit is the lamest. Fastest is 5, then 7, 6,
GSView, Foxit. FreePDF or so, is also not so fast.
Well, it's working now not so bad with Adobe7. Cleartype?? what's that
I have never had something other than 'Trinitron' SPider-nets Thank you for all tips and guides, John Jay Smith.
Best Regards,
Daniel Mandic
J
John Jay Smith
foxit is the lamest?... cant be.. its lighting fast on my computer...
what kind of setup do you have?
what kind of setup do you have?