PDFs in browsers

[Livewire]

This is half a follow-up to a post in 24hoursupporthelpdesk earlier
today.


I use Acrobat Professional, which is a huge program that takes ages to
load and massively slows down -- and sometimes crashes -- my browser
when I try to view pdf files from the web.


An earlier post recommended Foxit as a freeware alternative that is
smaller and faster than Acrobat reader, let alone the entire Acrobat
program.


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


It works great, and now I've set it as my default program for viewing
pdf files it is called by my browser as necessary and has speeded things
up enormously.


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[Conor]

This is half a follow-up to a post in 24hoursupporthelpdesk earlier
today.


I use Acrobat Professional, which is a huge program that takes ages to
load and massively slows down -- and sometimes crashes -- my browser
when I try to view pdf files from the web.

Which version of Adobe Acroread are you using? Ver 7 makes substantial
speed improvement.

 

[Livewire]

Which version of Adobe Acroread are you using? Ver 7 makes substantial
speed improvement.

V6; but I'm using the full program rather than just the reader. And of
course upgrading to V7 costs!

 

[H-Man]

V6; but I'm using the full program rather than just the reader. And of
course upgrading to V7 costs!

This is the same setup I have. I installed the version 7 reader and with a
bit of tweaking, everything uses the version 7 reader for PDF viewing. I
only use version 6 Pro for the rare instances I actually need to edit a
PDF, or don't user PDF Creator to create a PDF.