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- WarpFox, on 10/12/2007, -12/+55Foxit reader is way better. It's lightweight, loads quickly, and is freeware. You can also edit the documents!
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ - ratzfatz, on 10/12/2007, -8/+52I've never seen such a sickening way of installation. First download a file to download a downloader which is downloading a file which is downloading even more crap. Finishing with an installer downloading "extra" things - this is a totally way off - I'm considering to stay off Adobe products since that experience.
Hello - Adobe - are you listening? You've just opened the door to your own exitus. - jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -8/+41now with 8x the lag
I will be sticking with FoxIt
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ - afreytes, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34Adobe (Bloated) Reader 8.0 released!
Remember when the Adobe Reader was a must have application that also was lightning fast and not memory hungry?
Yeah, me neither. Must be my nostalgic memory deceiving me again... - ThrasherC, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28So is this version just as bloated as the last one? I remember the good old days of Acrobat when it was like a 500KB download. Now its like 250MB, requires at least 2GB of RAM, four processors, and a shaman speaking holy incantations over your computer.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25Direct link: http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/8.x/8.0/enu/AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe
- Eleo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19"might even now be quicker than Foxit (YMMV), the text antialiases better, and printouts are better quality."
What? A new version that actually has improved performance? - ratzfatz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16It installs (on the Mac) not in the user but the System account by default, checks for existing Pro installation, installs selfheal files and sinks its teeth deep inside your System. This is 1984 behaviour. Sorry.
- gildude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12@iamcitizen: I guess I'm not surprised that Adobe has version 7.0.8 for Linux on the same day that they have 8.0.0 for everyone else. Or did you not notice the tarball link was to 7.0.8?
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13"I'll be sticking to version 7 for now."
I wouldn't. 8 is so very much quicker... might even now be quicker than Foxit (YMMV), the text antialiases better, and printouts are better quality. - CXUK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Never liked how they always insisted on a restart after every update either.
- Aero1, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15http://www.foxitsoftware.com
enough said. - bryantthesmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I have many pdfs that foxit will just not read. Adobe opens them just fine. I don't know if it is font issues or what, but foxit just turns them into unreadable mush.
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Wow. Just wow...
"Access to an online, real-time meeting in seconds
Reader 8 is now integrated with Adobe Connect™ software, which enables users to instantly communicate and accelerate approvals with virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time."
At what point do they classify Adobe Reader as a full blown operating system? Anyone know how to adjust the size of the page file in Adobe Reader? When can we multi boot with grub into Adobe Reader? Will they be releasing AdobeFS. Can we run a virtual windows node in Adobe Reader? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+19Direct Linux tarball: http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0.8/enu/AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1.i386.tar.gz
Holy cow. *****. Adobe has a release with same-day Linux support? - BadassCheese, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Becasue foxit crashes when you use very large PDFs. A geometry textbook for example
- TheDrunkMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I regularly open a 900+ page solutions manual in Foxit without any problem.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@gildude:
Oh, *****. I didn't even notice.
I was about to post a HOWTO on the forums and everything.
Disregard my above comment, Adobe _still_ has abysmal Linux support. - sensor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9This is a really nice update. The speed has increased so much... it starts incredibly fast.
- markrubi2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@WarpFox
You can't EDIT with FoxIt reader. You must have Foxit Editor installed. It's not free after the trial period. - superheroboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7What is an exitus?
- bdkosher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Can this new version be used without needing to open Task Manager to kill acrobat.exe when it hangs?
- macewan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Screw 'em, I use Evince :-)
- Mu99ins, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I don't like the way PDF scrolls.
- yonah, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/8.x/8.0/enu/AdbeRdr80_en_US_i386.dmg For OS X (Intel)
- tagawa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I still run Acrobat 5 at home and have no intention of upgrading. There seem to be no visible benefits - all I want to do is read and print PDFs - and version 5 is smaller and without any stupid Yahoo spyware. Looks like Adobe doing a Microsoft.
- shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is hardly worth the exclamation point.
- freddiefenster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/software/index.php?type=supported&id=7F7290B5
Speeds up Reader startup times a huge factor. It disables most of the plug-ins that you never use. - shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4actually in 99% of the cases, it's the font to blame. If it's some unusual free font you downloaded, they are often not created correctly, missing FOND resources, kerning data, etc. The font is probably to blame even if it works in AR 7...
If it's a 'good' font from am established foundry, I would guess it's corrupted and you should replace it with the one from your backup.
How are you distilling? Might want to try outputting Postscript first and manually distilling, might help if you haven't already. - Arkonnan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Any PDF reader that requires a reboot after installation is no PDF reader that I want to be associated with.
- mfearby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Enterprise installation is just as bad. There was the InstallShield Tuner for Acrobat 7 but Adobe now mentions an "Adobe Customization Wizard" for Acrobat 8 yet nowhere on their site can I find it. Thank heavens for the quick-and-dirty registry hacks and MSI command-lines some kind person listed at appdeploy.com that should stop the obvious annoyance that comes with version 8, "Beyond Adobe Reader":
http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=915 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Nope. 20 Meg download here. Installs quick - no reboot needed. Initial launch is a bit sluggish (still faster than 7), but after you launch it the first time and agree to the EULA, it is VERY nimble. Layout is nice, launch time is ULTRA speedy (even for larger PDF's - 50 Meg+), fonts render very nicely, vector graphics scale beautifully.
This is seriously a good product from Adobe for a change. - jack334, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Yeah, PDF is DEFINITELY the problem... fool.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Just move all .api files in Reader 8.0/Reader/plug_ins to a different directory (not a subdirectory!).
It runs fine, and faster, with no plugins. - cvrefugee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5v8 works perfectly fine in FX 2.0 on XP here.
- h3smith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Does this version crash Firefox?
- Jammerdelray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Foxit reaer is nice except adobe acrobat reader has a much nicer interface so I'll be using Acrobat 8.0.
- lebe0024, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I have had a few rendering problems with Foxit, so I'm forced to use adobe.
- pr3sidentspence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I work for the libraries at a major Canadian University (for which I do not speak). A PDF reader is one of our critical apps. I have some advice for Adobe: Stop changing so often.
Invariably, soon after a reader version release (point versions even) an online publisher will release a new set of articles that require this version. So we have to upgrade our 700 computers. Having been burned by bad point versions before we do not allow automatic upgrades on Adobe Reader. We push applications using Novell's Zen products regularly, so this isn't an enormous task, HOWEVER, this is the SEVENTH version release this year! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat#Version_7_.28Released_January_2005.29) They are out of hand and if they keep this up the industry is going to demand a more stable format.
/rant - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just got done installing here. The initial start up is kinda sluggish like 7 was. After it's started once and you agree to the license, it positively SCREAMS! Very quick indeed. The hand tool is missing on default install - Tools > Select & Zoom > Hand Tool. There it is. Huge documents load really quick, there's barely any lag time, fonts render extremely well... Color me impressed.
- stray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It installs in System account? Are you kidding? No way am I downloading this thing. Preview will work fine for me.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Next person to mention Foxit is a dumbass.
- Dracos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3>> At what point do they classify Adobe Reader as a full blown operating system?
I bet at some point they wanted to rename it Adobe Emacs, but the lawyers wouldn't let them. - CamperBob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Foxit's printing is completely screwed up... and it also doesn't respect the origin coords of certain documents properly, forcing you to recenter them manually after changing zoom levels.
- jues, on 10/12/2007, -0/+320 Meg Download? FoxIt is 2mb. What ever happened to effiient Code? I remember playing entire games that were delivered on one, 720kb floppy disk...
- phytonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Recommended for Intel Mac user. PPC might be good too.
It did NOT install in my System account like some people claimed. It is installed in the Applications folder of my user account. And it is fast. Interface is much improved and looks nice as a Mac application.
I have tested several PDF files. It is significantly faster than Preview (finally), esp for some complex pdf.
So, strongly recommended! - phytonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Adobe Reader uses more memory than Preview do though.
- tylerc66, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I just installed acrobat 8.0 std and its terrible. It wont print a font i use all the time. then when i call tech support it cost $39 dollars to have them help me out when i just bought this software 2 days ago. plus the licensing is a pain in the butt
- pr3sidentspence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@thehesiod
Some of the point releases may have been for security reasons. However, at least twice in the past year vendors released products for which only the latest point release would open their content. In one case the required version of Adobe Reader had only been released to the product for a few weeks before this happened.
But I suppose my youth (34 years) and lack of experience (a decade in the industry) and my never hearing about security updates (my area of responsibility is information security) must have made me make those ASSumptions. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3OMG, a version of adobe reader that has a usable and intuitive interface. Must be chilly in hell today.
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