Comments on: Goodbye Adobe Reader Hello Sumatra

By: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Updates | Blogging Planet

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Updates | Blogging Planet — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:32:08 +0000

[...] might want to consider switching from Adobe Reader to a third party application like Foxit Reader, Sumatra PDF or PDF-Xchange [...]

By: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Updates

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Updates — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:48:41 +0000

[...] might want to consider switching from Adobe Reader to a third party application like Foxit Reader, Sumatra PDF or PDF-Xchange [...]

By: bill

bill — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:26:35 +0000

Adobe Reader 8.12 boolean search says it finds x number of PDF files, but displays nothing in the results box! Previous version 7.08, although slow, worked.

By: bill

bill — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:21:16 +0000

FoxIt text search = pitiful. No boolean capabilities in 2.2 and apparently not 2.3.

By: Ignasi

Ignasi — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:23:35 +0000

- Sumatra is GPL.
- For me, it’s faster than Foxit and PDF x-Viewer.
- No installation, just unzip (drool).
- I have ALL that readers, but I open 90% of my PDFs with Sumatra.

Just my 2 cents :)

By: Zoob

Zoob — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:37:40 +0000

Thanks you guys for the info on PDF XChange Viewer. I had never heard of it, so I downloaded it and gave it a run. I was quite impressed with it. It even had tabs at the top, though I don’t often have more than one PDF file open at once so I don’t know if I’ll get much use out of that feature. I found it to render the text in a similar fashion to Foxit so I think I will be sticking with Foxit for the time being.

By: Jawwad

Jawwad — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:57:26 +0000

I have to agree that PDF XChange is the best for now.

By: Kip

Kip — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:17:03 +0000

I prefer PDF Xchange Viewer too – especially since a free portable version is now available. No installation and a set of markup tools make it a must-have
http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/

By: Tobey

Tobey — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:38:08 +0000

1 more satisfied Foxit user here, never had a reason to try another viewer..

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:47:45 +0000

I used Foxit for years, but recently switched to PDF XChange Viewer. For my eyes, the latter renders the text more clearly. Try a side-by-side comparison.

By: noris

noris — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:29:07 +0000

The only features that sumatra lack of is zooming using CTRL + mousescroll with available in both Foxit and Reader.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:16:51 +0000

I might have to add that I’m using a PDF Reader only for viewing purposes and no other fancy stuff.

I have not tried Foxit for a long time, might give it a shot.

By: MM

MM — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:54:24 +0000

My own observations are contrary to yours. I find that Adobe Reader 8 is actually snappier to deal with heavy pdf files (specially graphic intensive ones) than Sumatra, Foxit or PDF XChange Viewer.

The problem with Adobe Reader is that it is slow to startup and heavy on the resources, but once it is loaded it is the fastest pdf viewer around. The Adobe Reader Lite version ameliorates most of these problems.

If all you use is the occasional small PDF with a bit of text, Sumatra is great. I use Sumatra as my default viewer, but for heavy duty Adobe is hard to beat.

By: zzzZZZzzz

zzzZZZzzz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:52:17 +0000

I’ve just tested Sumatra.. Well it even doesn’t seem to have a text selection tool; or I cannot find it.

So for instant I keep the bloated Acrobat Reader.. it fits best to my needs.

By: zzzZZZzzz

zzzZZZzzz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:48:34 +0000

The text selection doesn’t work well in FoxitReader..

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:38:54 +0000

I ditched Adobe Reader some years ago, and using FoxIt instead. I tried Sumatra, but it’s functionality seems poor for me.

By: Zoob99

Zoob99 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:02:33 +0000

I also had problems with large PDF files loading very slowly with Adobe and I now use Foxit. I use version 2.0, since versions after 2.0 have more bloat which was one of the things I was trying to avoid by moving from Adobe Reader. I just wanted a simple PDF reader that does the job and I’m happy with Foxit. I have also tried Sumatra and found it to be a competent PDF reader too.

By: wonta

wonta — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:25:44 +0000

try foxit reader. my long time favorite.

By: vance

vance — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:11:50 +0000

so is this a better than foxit reader? or an alternative to foxit? I have stop using Adobe Reader because it slow and it has useless features that makes it a bloatware.

By: oozish

oozish — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:21:30 +0000

Foxit Reader is even better! google boyz./