Adobe Reader is a slick snitch...

Torx · 05-20-2007, 05:34 AM

fuckin pos software, bloated and fucking tattle tale.. i know it is.. like a little spy lingering on your computer trying to recieve updates to other adobe products without me knowing and after many disables..

forced me to uninstall.. some things....

so yea, i need a free, preferably open source pdf viewer, or a nice firefox plugin that will allow me to save the pdf.

Goofus Maximus · 05-20-2007, 06:07 AM

Good luck finding one. Linux has lots of alternatives, but I don't know about Windows.

Google is my friend. How do these sound?:
Foxit
eXpert
Cool PDF Reader

Torx · 05-21-2007, 06:10 AM

im using sumatra... free, opensource, viewer, very lightweight and doesnt phone home like a fucking little E.T.

MSP · 05-21-2007, 08:17 AM

Adobe has to be difficult about everything. Like when you try to download and install their PDF viewer. It won't just download the files, you have to download and INSTALL a downloader to get the files. WTF?

Goofus Maximus · 05-21-2007, 09:07 AM

After doing lots and lots of reading, it seems like PDF-XChange is the winner among PDF Viewer alternatives, in printing, rendering, and handling large PDF files. It also allows the use of a "typewriter" mode, so you can type on a PDF file even without forms. It's one drawback (if it IS a drawback) is that it doesn't do javascript forms yet. I can live with that.

Of the ones I listed, only Foxit is even semi-decent, and it's search function is broken, as well as having horrible print quality...

With that Adobe Downloader program, you also have to UNinstall it afterwards, or it acts like a download manager for ALL downloading. The latest versions of Adobe Reader are so bloated with unneeded stuff (and unneeded OTHER PROGRAMS like Yahoo Toolbar), and difficult to trim back (from the downloader to the startup process, among other things) that I won't go back to Adobe, if I ever need to reinstall.

For the moment though, I've got the Adobe reader beat back to manageable proportions, having stopped the startup process, killed the downloader, disabled update checking, and turned off the firefox plugin. It works, and that's all I care about for now.

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Torx Fecal Funsies! Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Memphis Posts: 7,971 (#3) Thanked 8x in 6 posts x15	fuckin pos software, bloated and fucking tattle tale.. i know it is.. like a little spy lingering on your computer trying to recieve updates to other adobe products without me knowing and after many disables.. forced me to uninstall.. some things.... so yea, i need a free, preferably open source pdf viewer, or a nice firefox plugin that will allow me to save the pdf.

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Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb! Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: St. Louis area, but in Illinois Posts: 2,593 (#34) Thanked 3x in 3 posts x28	Good luck finding one. Linux has lots of alternatives, but I don't know about Windows. Google is my friend. How do these sound?: Foxit eXpert Cool PDF Reader
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05-21-2007, 09:07 AM	permalink #5
Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb! Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: St. Louis area, but in Illinois Posts: 2,593 (#34) Thanked 3x in 3 posts x28	After doing lots and lots of reading, it seems like PDF-XChange is the winner among PDF Viewer alternatives, in printing, rendering, and handling large PDF files. It also allows the use of a "typewriter" mode, so you can type on a PDF file even without forms. It's one drawback (if it IS a drawback) is that it doesn't do javascript forms yet. I can live with that. Of the ones I listed, only Foxit is even semi-decent, and it's search function is broken, as well as having horrible print quality... With that Adobe Downloader program, you also have to UNinstall it afterwards, or it acts like a download manager for ALL downloading. The latest versions of Adobe Reader are so bloated with unneeded stuff (and unneeded OTHER PROGRAMS like Yahoo Toolbar), and difficult to trim back (from the downloader to the startup process, among other things) that I won't go back to Adobe, if I ever need to reinstall. For the moment though, I've got the Adobe reader beat back to manageable proportions, having stopped the startup process, killed the downloader, disabled update checking, and turned off the firefox plugin. It works, and that's all I care about for now. Last edited by Goofus Maximus; 05-21-2007 at 09:16 AM.

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05-21-2007, 06:10 AM	permalink #3
Torx Fecal Funsies! Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Memphis Posts: 7,971 (#3) Thanked 8x in 6 posts x15	im using sumatra... free, opensource, viewer, very lightweight and doesnt phone home like a fucking little E.T.

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MSP Globe Trekker Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Posts: 17,128 (#1) Thanked 7x in 7 posts x93	Adobe has to be difficult about everything. Like when you try to download and install their PDF viewer. It won't just download the files, you have to download and INSTALL a downloader to get the files. WTF?

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