Adobe Reader Alternative?

joe2cool

Hi always used 'Adobe Reader', mainly for viewing, saving & printing PDF Files, but recently I've got tired of all the updates & possible vulnerabilities. Was thinking of trying 'Foxit Reader' as an alternative & was wondering what people thought of it?

Or would you recommend another alternative?

Appreciate any help

Thx

spud17

Foxit used to bundle unwanted toolbars.

I now use PDF-XChange Viewer, it has more features and never had a problem with it.
Make sure you have the Free viewer

http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer/download

joe2cool

Hi thx never heard of it will check.....................

closed

don't worry about them then

Gillor

Sumatra PDF Viewer.

Simple, straightford and lightweight without the bloat of some other PDF viewers.

joe2cool

Thx ....................will check

Gillor

Sumatra PDF review here:


http://www.pcworld.com/article/219552/PDF.html

John_Gray

Another +1 for Sumatra PDF viewer, but get rid of the awful default yellow background by invoking it with something like
"C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -bg-color 0xF0F8FF
which gives an inoffensive pale blue.

giraffe69

To answer your original question. I switched to Foxit about a year ago and find it fine. No problems at all with it and seems quicker than Acrobat Reader. I have unticked any request to install a toolbar at the same time.

flossy_splodge

Cute pdf? It does everything needed.

SandLake

Both Firefox and Chrome can display, print and save pdf's now without any additional software