When you look at Google Chrome’s feature set and compare it to that of other browsers like Opera, Internet Explorer or Firefox, you will come to the conclusion that web browsers are more alike than they are different. Two items that will definitely be on the list are the built-in PDF viewer and the native [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

Adobe PDF is not the fastest pdf reader that is available these days even with programs like Adobe Reader Speedup which remove some of the unneeded features. There are quite a few popular alternatives like Foxit PDF Reader which provide a similar functionality but offer faster startup and loading times. If speed is the main [...]

Categories: Adobe, Firefox, Linux, Mac, Software, Windows

I recently stumbled upon the STDU Viewer (Scientific and Technical Documentation Viewer) software which is a fast viewer for Tiff, PDF and DjVU documents. I have never heard the term DjVU before and was a bit puzzled at first. The format that is pronounced déjà vu is being used to distribute high resolution scans of [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I’m not sure what is causing it but I do know that a lot of users have difficulties opening PDF files in browsers. In my former tech related job I had to find a way to find out why those pdf documents were not shown in the Browser correctly and how it would be possible to fix this issue and make them display correctly.

Categories: Knowledge, Operating Systems, Windows

Many users do not like to use the Adobe Reader because of its slow loading time which is mainly caused by the many plugins that are loaded. It seems to take ages until Adobe Reader initializes itself and displays the pdf document that one wanted to view.

Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows