Favourite PDF reader

[soumo27]

Voted for Foxit.

[soni.surendrait]

Foxit Reader any tym

Foxit is the best for ever....
It's Free,It's Never ever slow down your pc,and does'nt take more memory too.

[Alok]

Foxit reader is best.

[Ishu Gupta]

Wan to change mine.
LLPP is the best. Fast and very minimalist.

[topgear]

what's that LLPP thing ? Is it some sort of open source pdf reader for linux only or there's a windows variant available too.

[Ishu Gupta]

llpp | freshmeat.net

Seems its available for windows too. I've only used the linux version. Its very fast but lacks features. Great for quickly opening PDFs.

[topgear]

^^ thanks

do I need to create a account to download this ? Can't find a download link for windows version.

[meetdilip]

I hate Adobe reader mainly due to the size and frequent heavy sized updates. Switched to Foxit only to have not so attractive UI (when compared to Adobe) and annoying ad right in the Window. I think it was using Orange or some other striking colour for ads. Removed it, now back on Adobe. Will try others.

[Skud]

Check Nitro PDF Reader and Expert PDF Reader. Feature rich but not that fast.

[topgear]

also you can try :

PDF-XChange Viewer free version

[rajnusker]

Foxit as simple as that.

[gameranand]

Foxit reader anyday.

[avichandana20000]

will change to FOXIT .

[Krow]

also you can try :

PDF-XChange Viewer free version

This is better than Foxit, which has been a let down in many ways I already mentioned in this thread.

[eagle_y2j]

Nitro PDF

Highlighter is essential for me in PDF reader .

[Skud]

If you want features, including the ability to create PDF files, get Nitro or Expert. For just a reader, look elsewhere.

[Prime_Coder]

Foxit Reader rules.
Now in majority.

[CA50]

I Use foxit because its light on system, and is good looking

[Zangetsu]

Foxit Reader

[Gollum]

i am using adobe reader x which came with my laptop along with rest of the bloatware.
you can fast i have been lazy to download Foxit since i already have adobe.
also foxit adds its watermark to printed documents which is a strict no no for me. otherwise its ok.

[Vyom]

also foxit adds its watermark to printed documents which is a strict no no for me. otherwise its ok.

What water mark? I dont even remember the time from when I am using Foxit. And I have seen no water mark!

[doomgiver]

if you want a crazy light and crazy fast READER then try muPDF.

here, i opened a single file across all the readers i could find and manually scrolled down to the end and the results are as follows :

1. muPDF
2. Sumatra pdf
3. Foxit
4. NitroPDF

an interesting note : when i just loaded the file, without scrolling to the bottom, the ram usage of both Foxit and mupdf were almost the same, but when i started scrolling below, the speed became slower in foxit.

also, nitropdf resembles a popular word processing software (no prizes for guessing who) and likewise, is bloated and slow, slowest of all four by far.

infact, i had only scrolled about 1/4 the way down, and i got bored and left it at that.

another note : mupdf is a bit different, it has no interface (all keys are hidden, controlled almost fully by keyboard) but more than makes it up in speed and lightness. those used to emacs/lynx/vim will be right at home. (yay for open source and hackers!!! )

cheers, now go on and fight it out.

[CA50]

For creating pdf, i use the MS office pdf-plugin

[Vyom]

muPDF... looks good. Will try it for a few days.

Btw.. @doomgiver: Wow.. even your login name of Windows is same to the nick of you at TDF! Quite an identity!

[topgear]

@ doomgiver - thanks for letting us know about muPDF - will download and use it and post feedback

[doomgiver]

muPDF... looks good. Will try it for a few days.

Btw.. @doomgiver: Wow.. even your login name of Windows is same to the nick of you at TDF! Quite an identity!

thanks, i've been with this id for a long time, ever since i started playing games. but my brother copied the name for his email id in gmail
also, almost every guy at college knows me as doomgiver, coz i used to frag them in CS and pwn their heads in DotA

@ doomgiver - thanks for letting us know about muPDF - will download and use it and post feedback

no problem, i use it mostly for opening ebooks, for the rest, i use sumatra.

[d6bmg]

Foxit reader suite (have editor, reader, page organizer)

[RazorbladeXtreme]

Adobe reader plugins often gave trouble in opening pdf in web browser. I've had no issues with Foxit.

[RahulB]

Foxit in recent times has become quite shady, the new crappy interface and also it has started bundling toolbars with its installer....

My recommendation is: PDF-XChange Viewer....

But wait, don't download the any main installer EXE, MSI from its website

From the download page, download the PORTABLE version.

Extract to any folder on your PC.

Delete all the files except the main executable # don't worry it works #,
and start the PDF-XChange viewer, which will ask you to set it as default viewer for PDF Files, click YES and enjoy...

Here are the download links
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Tracker Software Products :: Downloads
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[digit.sh]

Well, i don't generally use windows, but i keep an old version of foxit reader installed on win7. Earlier it was adobe pdf reader(upto version 6). But now, adobe is nothing but a crappy bloatware.
And the same goes to iTunes too.