Sourabh’s blog

I was always the one of those who used to hate installing Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading pdf’s. Foxit PDF reader is just what I need to open pdf files - simple, minimalistic and no nonsense. I dont need any of the Adobe’s Compatibility with browsers to open pdf’s - the only time when my system hangs. Nor do I want to delete files form the plugin’s directory to speed up the Acrobat Reader’s loading times. Even the seventh installment just gave a false feeling of loading pdf’s quickly , all thanks to the constant large memory footprint even while you were not opening the proggie. Foxit PDF Reader with the version 1.3 release Build 1522 seems a lot better in rendering pages. Earlier while dealing with files with 200+ pages and fast scrolling the proggie would just crash. But that is no longer the case.

Earlier versions were a mere single exe file program with no setup. So if you are like me who downloads in some weird corners of your hdd, it can get a little messy. Finally the developers decided to give it a simple setup/install function like with all other program. Now I have a cute nice little icon in my fav. colors - blue and orange to add some colors to my otherwise dead desktop with a plain black background.

If you just read pdf’s offline, Foxit PDF Reader is a hell lotta better option than the bloated counterpart. No harm in trying it out if you havent. A mere 1.1 MB.

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